George McDonald is the West Alabama Newsroom reporter for WAKA Action 8 News. He is based in Selma and covers Dallas, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry and Wilcox counties.
George began reporting for us in June 2005. He arrived in Alabama from WTOK in Meridian, Mississippi, where he worked as a reporter/photographer. He began his career in television news at WJTV in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was an editor.
George enjoys reporting because he says you’re always learning things you might not otherwise learn, meeting people you wouldn’t otherwise meet and doing things you might not otherwise do, but says the best thing about being a reporter is the potential to have a positive impact in the lives of others.
A native of Chicago (South Side!), George is an alumnus of Tougaloo College and a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. When he’s not working, George enjoys spending quality time with his family.
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police Officer Marquis Moorer is laid to rest Thursday in Valley Grande. And hundreds of people turn out to honor the memory of the slain officer. The funeral…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- The Selma community continues to mourn the loss of a Selma police officer Marquis Moorer. Moorer was shot and killed in the line of duty -- last week. A…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Fire fighters from all over over Dallas County and Autaugaville continue to battle an enormous fire at a railroad cross-tie salvage company. "Trying to contain it. Keep it off…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Today is the last day of summer school for students at Judson College in Marion. And with it -- the end of academic programs at the college -- as…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A suspect has been arrested -- in the case of a Selma Police officer who was shot and killed yesterday morning. One day after Selma…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- A Perry County teen -- racks up a quarter of a million dollars in scholarship money -- to pay for college in the fall. Seventeen year old Daniel Winfield…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Selma Police are investigating city's 14th murder of the year. Chief Kenta Fulford says officers responded to an accident on the 1300 block of Lauderdale Street Saturday morning. And…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- One man is dead -- and another man is behind bars -- after a shooting in Orrville. Fifty-one year old Byron Anderson of Orrville -- is charged with murder.…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- Traffic cameras in Montgomery -- help authorities in Camden put two wanted murder suspects behind bars. District Attorney Michael Jackson say 19 year old Cedric Tolar, Jr. -- and…
From the West Alabama Newsroom-- CHOICE Resource Center is hosting a job fair Friday in Uniontown. The job fair will be held from 9 am to 2 pm in the Uniontown City Hall parking lot -- next to the Dollar…
