Tammie Fields

NEWS ANCHOR & JUSTICE FOR ALL HOST SPECTRUM NEWS 13

Tammie Fields is the weekday evening co-anchor at Spectrum News 13. Whether Fields is in the newsroom, anchoring in the field, covering a special report, or writing a weekly A+ Teachers segment, she makes sure to give a voice to those you might not normally hear from.

Fields has been honored by the Associated Press with an individual achievement award for her coverage of the hurricanes in 2004. In 2005, she earned an award from the American Heart Association for Excellence in Cardiovascular Communications for her “Take It to Heart” segments. In 2009, she was recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting.

In 2020 Fields was named one of Orlando's Women of the Year. Most recently News 13 was recognized for her “Justice for All: Hate Groups on the Rise" episode with a regional Edward R. Murrow award and a Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists Award.

It is her love of history that shaped her future. She has interviewed white supremacist David Duke and John Paul Rogers, a Central Florida former grand dragon of the United Klans of America who ran for mayor of Lake Wales as well as leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio.

Fields has flown with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels and interviewed former first lady Laura Bush and R&B singer Brian McKnight. She has also had the honor of meeting the late civil rights leader Coretta Scott King and her daughter, the late Yolanda King, at an annual breakfast honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Fields serves as the president of the Central Florida Association of Black Journalists and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists.

She and her husband are active at church where Fields serves as a deaconess and works in the media ministry. She and her husband enjoy camping with their son, visiting historical sites, and attending community events.