Alexis McAdams currently serves as an FNC correspondent based in New York City. She joined the network in October 2021.
Throughout the 2024 presidential election cycle, McAdams traveled the country to cover issues impacting voters. Notably, she reported live for FNC from Butler, Pennsylvania during the rally where there was an assassination attempt on President Trump. McAdams has also reported from Columbia University during anti-Israel protests. Previously, she provided viewers with live updates from candidate headquarters throughout the New Hampshire Primary. In May 2022, McAdams reported live from the Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, where 10 people were killed in a mass shooting. In addition, she reported live outside Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City on the protests surrounding the leaked Supreme Court opinion draft on Roe v. Wade. Prior to this, McAdams provided live coverage surrounding the Trucker protests over COVID mandates from Ottawa, Canada. In November 2021, she reported from Kenosha, Wisconsin surrounding the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, including reporting from outside the Kenosha County Courthouse as the Rittenhouse verdict was reached. Following the verdict, she sat down with Wendy Rittenhouse, the mother of Kyle Rittenhouse, for an interview.
Before her role at FNC, McAdams worked at ABC affiliate WLS-TV in Chicago, Illinois beginning in 2018, where she covered the city’s crime beat. In addition, she covered major breaking news stories across the midwest including natural disasters, mass shootings and major court cases as well as extensive reporting on the protests in Chicago following the death of George Floyd.
Previously, McAdams served as the general assignment reporter for the FOX affiliate station WXIN/WTTV in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she worked as the lead reporter on the Delphi murder case.
A graduate of Illinois State University, McAdams holds a Bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.