Randy Travis

Investigative Reporter @Fox 5 Atlanta, Waga-Tv

Atlanta, GA, US

Randy Travis is a Peabody-award winning investigative reporter for FOX 5 Atlanta.Randy joined WAGA in 1990. In 1994, he moved to the station\'s distinguished investigative unit, the FOX 5 I-Team. Since then, his stories have led to businesses closing that misled the public, exposed government waste, corruption and even sparked criminal investigations that ultimately sent people to prison.His biggest accomplishment, however, was to keep the innocent from being jailed in the first place. A series of stories in 2018 about police roadside drug test kits revealed how people wound up wrongly jailed because the tests falsely determined they had drugs in their car. His investigation discovered 145 false positives in Georgia in just one year. That project,\"$2 Tests: Bad Arrests,\" prompted law enforcement agencies worldwide to review their drug test kit policies, with some dropping the use of them completely.That investigation also won the prestigious 2018 Peabody Award, one of only 30 honorees from around the world.Over the years, Randy\'s investigative work has also garnered two national Edward R. Murrow awards, plus more than 20 regional Emmy awards. He\'s also the recipient of the Henry W. Grady Mid-Career Alumni Award from the University of Georgia. In 2015, Randy was named to the Silver Circle, a lifetime achievement honor given by the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.At 29, Randy was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. To control his disease, he turned to running. Since then, he\'s become an avid marathoner and also competed in every Peachtree Road Race since 1993.Randy is a lifelong Braves fan, a choice that somehow has had no negative effect on his happy marriage.

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