MY
STORY.
Chicago is home. Storytelling is the craft. Making the biggest stories understandable and relatable is the mission.
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At home
on air.
Alex Maragos is an award-winning storyteller for WMAQ, NBC's owned-and-operated station in Chicago. Since joining NBC Chicago in 2015, he has covered major stories in his hometown and beyond, and currently anchors the weekday 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. newscasts. Prior to that role, he held several reporting and anchoring positions at the station.
Alex believes in the unique reach of live television to help people understand the world around them. His anchoring and reporting experience includes extended live coverage of extreme weather, breaking public-safety developments, political conventions, protests and victory celebrations.
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There when
it happens.
From local breaking news to events watched around the world, Alex brings preparation, immediacy and a steady on-air presence to complicated, fast-changing stories.
His journalism has earned honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, Indiana Broadcasters Association, Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Association, and four Emmy Awards from the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Joined NBC Chicago after beginning his journalism career as a morning anchor and reporter at WLFI in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Recognized by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
From breaking news and severe weather to major public events and celebrations.
Beyond the
newsroom.
Sports coverage has taken Alex from Chicago to three Olympic Games. He reported live for 24 straight days from the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, after 22 consecutive days at the Paris 2024 Olympics and 19 at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Each time, he has brought viewers closer to the Team USA athletes behind the medals.
Before the Milan Cortina Games, he profiled eight Chicago-area Olympians for NBC Chicago's Hometown Hopefuls series, getting to know them before the world did.
His coverage has included the inaugural Field of Dreams MLB game in Dyersville, Iowa, in 2021, as well as on-site start- and finish-line reporting at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon since 2016.
His Olympic interviews have included Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Abbey Murphy, Danny O'Shea, Nathan Chen, Jason Brown, Ryan Murphy and Alyssa Naeher, among many other members of Team USA.
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beginning.
Alex graduated from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He worked across campus television and radio while playing NCAA intercollegiate baseball. He began his professional career as a morning anchor and reporter at WLFI, the CBS affiliate in West Lafayette, Indiana, before joining NBC Chicago.
