Erin Davisson anchors Channel 5 News at Noon, and Channel 5 News at Six with Tom Zalaski.
Erin is originally from Beloit, Wisconsin, and started her TV news career in Wausau. She’s also worked as a reporter/announcer in both commercial and public radio. Erin has been at Channel 5 News since 1988.
Since beginning her career in Green Bay, Erin has won numerous reporting and anchoring awards, and has consistently been voted Best Anchor in newspaper polls in the Appleton Post Crescent and the Green Bay Press Gazette.
Career highlights include appearing on the Oprah Winfrey Show for a segment on television anchorwomen, anchoring live coverage of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl win in New Orleans, and moderating a speaker series at the Weidner Center that let her rub elbows with such notables as Madeline Albright, Joan Rivers, Anna Quindlen and Maya Angelou.
Erin’s a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and a recipient of the school’s Communications Alumni of the Year Award.
As a liver transplant recipient, Erin is a frequent speaker on the importance of organ donation, and often reports stories on the subject, and volunteers her time for awareness campaigns. She also volunteers her time for other various charitable organizations, including the Make a Wish Foundation, Freedom House, and the Bay Area Humane Society.
Erin makes her home in Suamico with her husband, Mike, and is stepmom to two teenaged girls. In her free time, Erin enjoys travel and listening to music.
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