Bio

Hi! My name is Allison Croghan and I’m a TV news anchor and meteorologist in Salt Lake City turned content creator and on-camera host. I moved to Utah in 2012 after my first full-time TV job in Joplin, Missouri. My love affair with journalism began when I was a high school student in St. Louis. I was an editor of Louie Magazine, a lifestyle publication written by teens for teens. How cool is that? I was also the Yearbook Editor at my high school. I quickly declared my major as Print Journalism when I started school at the University of Mississippi. Soon, I found my true love, Broadcast Journalism, and changed my major accordingly, adding an English Minor, and an emphasis in public relations.  I’m also a big fan of the Oxford comma.

While I was at Ole Miss, I did half a dozen internships – the one people seem to be most impressed with was my gig at ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, CT. I also worked for the Ole Miss Sports department, WREG in Memphis, KMOX in St. Louis, ESPNU, and the Memphis Redbirds. It was a whirlwind, but for a girl who grew up with two brothers– all my college jobs were a dream come true.

I ended up accepting an on-air job as a General Assignment Reporter at KSN in Joplin. Just a few days after I signed my contract, Joplin was devastated by one of the deadliest tornadoes on record, an EF-5 that killed 160 people. I was actually shadowing Shepard Smith at FOX News in New York City when the tornado hit. Diane Sawyer was the first person I spoke with who had witnessed the destruction firsthand. Shepard and Diane both offered incredible advice about how to cover an event of that magnitude with professionalism and empathy. Once I arrived in Joplin, it was all hands on deck. A few months after I started, I was offered the opportunity to fill-in for our Morning Meteorologist. I ended up becoming the permanent Weather Anchor on the morning show before I accepted a job in Salt Lake City.

As soon as I arrived in Utah, I started pursuing my Meteorology degree while working full-time at Fox 13 News. I graduated from Mississippi State’s Distance Meteorology Program in 2015. In 2019, I finished my Bachelors of Science from Mississippi State (Major: Geoscience. Concentration: Broadcast Meteorology). I love the challenge of putting together a complicated forecast for Utah’s diverse topography.

For my first 8 years in Utah, I anchored the early morning weather, started a highly successful “Fox 13 Connect” trending news franchise, and launched our morning traffic reports. I also spent a year as the main early morning anchor. Basically, I did it all. And I loved it! In 2020, I was promoted to the Main Evening Meteorologist on Fox 13 News.

In 2024, I stepped away from full-time news to spend more time with my growing family and pursue other professional ventures as a freelance on-camera host and content creator. I’m available for UGC, community content creation, conversion marketing, and on-camera projects. If you’re looking to collaborate with a reliable and experienced content creator or on-camera host, please reach out. I bring my credibility and professionalism to every partnership I take on and I understand the significance of storytelling. Contact@allisoncroghan.com.