UPDATE: @marshablackburn has officially DECLINED to participate 🐔 in the debate July 20th - taking Republican voters for granted. (Rose & Fritts will be there)
Please join us in calling on @newschannel5 to have an empty chair🪑in #MissingMarsha’s place: michelle.bonnett@newschannel5.com
Please join us in calling on @newschannel5 to have an empty chair🪑in #MissingMarsha’s place: michelle.bonnett@newschannel5.com
July 13, 2026 at 8:46 PM
UPDATE: @marshablackburn has officially DECLINED to participate 🐔 in the debate July 20th - taking Republican voters for granted. (Rose & Fritts will be there)
Please join us in calling on @newschannel5 to have an empty chair🪑in #MissingMarsha’s place: michelle.bonnett@newschannel5.com
Please join us in calling on @newschannel5 to have an empty chair🪑in #MissingMarsha’s place: michelle.bonnett@newschannel5.com
Does anyone know who Based Boomer Mom is? My email: phil dot williams @ newschannel5 dot com.
April 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Does anyone know who Based Boomer Mom is? My email: phil dot williams @ newschannel5 dot com.
"Any time. Any place. Anywhere."
@justinjpearson.bsky.social tells @newschannel5 he's ready to debate Brent Taylor, but Brent is hiding 🐔and using the time Justin stood up for his brother @keshaunpearson (when Troopers arrested him for no reason other than Speaker's orders) as an excuse.
@justinjpearson.bsky.social tells @newschannel5 he's ready to debate Brent Taylor, but Brent is hiding 🐔and using the time Justin stood up for his brother @keshaunpearson (when Troopers arrested him for no reason other than Speaker's orders) as an excuse.
September 28, 2026 at 5:47 PM
"Any time. Any place. Anywhere."
@justinjpearson.bsky.social tells @newschannel5 he's ready to debate Brent Taylor, but Brent is hiding 🐔and using the time Justin stood up for his brother @keshaunpearson (when Troopers arrested him for no reason other than Speaker's orders) as an excuse.
@justinjpearson.bsky.social tells @newschannel5 he's ready to debate Brent Taylor, but Brent is hiding 🐔and using the time Justin stood up for his brother @keshaunpearson (when Troopers arrested him for no reason other than Speaker's orders) as an excuse.
@wkrntv @tennesseannews @newschannel5 @wsmvtv @knoxvillephoto @foxnashville @newschannelnine @wbirchannel10 @dailymemphian @memphisnews @clarksvillenow @wmcactionnews5 @wreg3
September 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
@wkrntv @tennesseannews @newschannel5 @wsmvtv @knoxvillephoto @foxnashville @newschannelnine @wbirchannel10 @dailymemphian @memphisnews @clarksvillenow @wmcactionnews5 @wreg3
We will say this again, until we’re blue in the face 🤢: outlets should have debates anyway with an empty chair🪑next to @jerrigreen4tn where @marshablackburn 🐔 refuses to be.
cc: @tennesseannews @FOXNashville @wmcactionnews5 @wsmvtv @newschannel5 wbir @wjhl11 @memphisnews @wkrntv
cc: @tennesseannews @FOXNashville @wmcactionnews5 @wsmvtv @newschannel5 wbir @wjhl11 @memphisnews @wkrntv
August 8, 2026 at 2:42 PM
We will say this again, until we’re blue in the face 🤢: outlets should have debates anyway with an empty chair🪑next to @jerrigreen4tn where @marshablackburn 🐔 refuses to be.
cc: @tennesseannews @FOXNashville @wmcactionnews5 @wsmvtv @newschannel5 wbir @wjhl11 @memphisnews @wkrntv
cc: @tennesseannews @FOXNashville @wmcactionnews5 @wsmvtv @newschannel5 wbir @wjhl11 @memphisnews @wkrntv
My three-month investigation reveals the plans of out-of-state Christian nationalists to establish roots in a tiny Middle Tennessee county, hoping to eventually expand statewide. That’s Monday on NewsChannel 5 and newschannel5.com.
November 15, 2024 at 10:53 PM
My three-month investigation reveals the plans of out-of-state Christian nationalists to establish roots in a tiny Middle Tennessee county, hoping to eventually expand statewide. That’s Monday on NewsChannel 5 and newschannel5.com.
Can anyone from the Knoxville area help me identify these two individuals, possibly with Knox County Young Republicans? DMs should be open. Email: phil dot williams at newschannel5 dot com.
April 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Can anyone from the Knoxville area help me identify these two individuals, possibly with Knox County Young Republicans? DMs should be open. Email: phil dot williams at newschannel5 dot com.
YOU CAN HELP ME! Have you written Tennessee’s congressional delegation to express your concerns about what is going on in DC? Send the responses you received to me at phil.williams@newschannel5.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
YOU CAN HELP ME! Have you written Tennessee’s congressional delegation to express your concerns about what is going on in DC? Send the responses you received to me at phil.williams@newschannel5.com
If you are a VA or other federal employee in the Middle Tennessee area who has lost your job, please send me an email, phil.williams@newschannel5.com, and tell me your story.
Are you a VA employee who has been terminated from your position since January 20th?
If you're comfortable sharing your experience, please follow the link below to share your story.
If you're comfortable sharing your experience, please follow the link below to share your story.
February 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
If you are a VA or other federal employee in the Middle Tennessee area who has lost your job, please send me an email, phil.williams@newschannel5.com, and tell me your story.
After admitting Maxwell could get a reduced sentence, @reptimburchett tells @newschannel5 she wouldn’t commit perjury.
As if she’d tell the truth if it implicates Trump? Is #BumblinBurchett this gullible?
Saying he only hung with Epstein bc Palm Beach is a “small community” is adorable
As if she’d tell the truth if it implicates Trump? Is #BumblinBurchett this gullible?
Saying he only hung with Epstein bc Palm Beach is a “small community” is adorable
July 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
After admitting Maxwell could get a reduced sentence, @reptimburchett tells @newschannel5 she wouldn’t commit perjury.
As if she’d tell the truth if it implicates Trump? Is #BumblinBurchett this gullible?
Saying he only hung with Epstein bc Palm Beach is a “small community” is adorable
As if she’d tell the truth if it implicates Trump? Is #BumblinBurchett this gullible?
Saying he only hung with Epstein bc Palm Beach is a “small community” is adorable
WATCH: Comptroller @jasonmumpower has shockingly few answers about @GovBillLee & Musk’s Teslas tunnel
“Where does it come out?” 🤷🏼♂️
“What about safety?” 🤷🏼♂️
“Environmental impact?” 🤷🏼♂️
He tells @newschannel5 Boring is “rated highest of any transpo company”
Huh? By who?🤔
“Where does it come out?” 🤷🏼♂️
“What about safety?” 🤷🏼♂️
“Environmental impact?” 🤷🏼♂️
He tells @newschannel5 Boring is “rated highest of any transpo company”
Huh? By who?🤔
August 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WATCH: Comptroller @jasonmumpower has shockingly few answers about @GovBillLee & Musk’s Teslas tunnel
“Where does it come out?” 🤷🏼♂️
“What about safety?” 🤷🏼♂️
“Environmental impact?” 🤷🏼♂️
He tells @newschannel5 Boring is “rated highest of any transpo company”
Huh? By who?🤔
“Where does it come out?” 🤷🏼♂️
“What about safety?” 🤷🏼♂️
“Environmental impact?” 🤷🏼♂️
He tells @newschannel5 Boring is “rated highest of any transpo company”
Huh? By who?🤔
Here’s @wsmvtv reporting @jerrigreen4tn is challenging @marshablackburn to debates— but will y’all do your job and hold them? Or are just tweet about it and let Marsha hide?
Same Q for: @wkrntv @newschannel5 @wbirchannel10 @tennesseannews @foxnashville @wmcactionnews5 @memphisnews @newschannelnine
Same Q for: @wkrntv @newschannel5 @wbirchannel10 @tennesseannews @foxnashville @wmcactionnews5 @memphisnews @newschannelnine
September 9, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Here’s @wsmvtv reporting @jerrigreen4tn is challenging @marshablackburn to debates— but will y’all do your job and hold them? Or are just tweet about it and let Marsha hide?
Same Q for: @wkrntv @newschannel5 @wbirchannel10 @tennesseannews @foxnashville @wmcactionnews5 @memphisnews @newschannelnine
Same Q for: @wkrntv @newschannel5 @wbirchannel10 @tennesseannews @foxnashville @wmcactionnews5 @memphisnews @newschannelnine
If you have good video of a flyover at No Kings in Clarksville or great video from Nashville, please email me. phil dot williams at newschannel5 dot com.
March 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM
If you have good video of a flyover at No Kings in Clarksville or great video from Nashville, please email me. phil dot williams at newschannel5 dot com.
NewsChannel5 on Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. www.newschannel5.com/news/lgbtq-a...
LGBTQ+ advocates rally at Tennessee Capitol against 'slate of hate' bills
LGBTQ advocates gathered at Tennessee Capitol to oppose 10 bills they call a "slate of hate," including challenges to workplace protections and same-sex marriage.
www.newschannel5.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
NewsChannel5 on Advancing Equality Day on the Hill. www.newschannel5.com/news/lgbtq-a...
WATCH: Democratic TN-5 Candidate @chazmolder talks to @newschannel5 about Andy Ogles (“he has betrayed us”), his belief in compromise, why he doesn’t support cutting off aid to Israel (“We have an obligation to help support our allies”), and more.
Full: www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Full: www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
June 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
WATCH: Democratic TN-5 Candidate @chazmolder talks to @newschannel5 about Andy Ogles (“he has betrayed us”), his belief in compromise, why he doesn’t support cutting off aid to Israel (“We have an obligation to help support our allies”), and more.
Full: www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Full: www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Great work by @philinvestigates.com and the rest of the NewsChannel5 crew here!
Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children
Two notorious neo-Nazi websites have been taken offline following an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation that revealed how they have been used to target children.
www.newschannel5.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Great work by @philinvestigates.com and the rest of the NewsChannel5 crew here!
Rousseau claims that Newschannel5 “took this video down” b/c its helicopter footage was at the wrong location. Rousseau is lying. The video remains on Youtube and Newschannel5’s website. Rousseau appears to blur the helicopter footage in his video b/c he's 'clean on OPSEC.' 4/11
March 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Rousseau claims that Newschannel5 “took this video down” b/c its helicopter footage was at the wrong location. Rousseau is lying. The video remains on Youtube and Newschannel5’s website. Rousseau appears to blur the helicopter footage in his video b/c he's 'clean on OPSEC.' 4/11
If you currently work in the federal government, your most important job may be to eventually become a witness! Figure out now how you would communicate anonymously with journalists like myself. FWIW, my email is phil [dot] williams [at] newschannel5 [dot] com. www.forbes.com/advisor/busi...
How To Send An Anonymous Email (5 Simple Methods)
The concept of anonymous email might seem mischievous, scandalous or even sensational, but there are many justifiable reasons why someone might want to send an anonymous email. Whether you’re a whistl...
www.forbes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:07 AM
If you currently work in the federal government, your most important job may be to eventually become a witness! Figure out now how you would communicate anonymously with journalists like myself. FWIW, my email is phil [dot] williams [at] newschannel5 [dot] com. www.forbes.com/advisor/busi...
in @poynterinstitute.bsky.social's thanksgiving piece, both Amy Sherman and Kristen Hare expressed their gratefulness for local news. Phil Williams' phenomenal work for WTVF/NewsChannel5 in Nashville is a perfect example of why you should agree.
unbelievably good series of coverage!
unbelievably good series of coverage!
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home' | Highlights from my #HateComesToMainStreet investigation 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Inside the influential white-supremacist conference that calls Tennessee 'home away from home'
The white-supremacist American Renaissance Conference is an annual event that has been held here at the park's lodge and conference center since 2012.
www.newschannel5.com
December 5, 2024 at 1:25 PM
in @poynterinstitute.bsky.social's thanksgiving piece, both Amy Sherman and Kristen Hare expressed their gratefulness for local news. Phil Williams' phenomenal work for WTVF/NewsChannel5 in Nashville is a perfect example of why you should agree.
unbelievably good series of coverage!
unbelievably good series of coverage!
Crater areas in yellow and projected dirt in red.
Previous and these helicopter video stills from Newschannel5 in Nashville.
Previous and these helicopter video stills from Newschannel5 in Nashville.
October 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Crater areas in yellow and projected dirt in red.
Previous and these helicopter video stills from Newschannel5 in Nashville.
Previous and these helicopter video stills from Newschannel5 in Nashville.
After we broke the news about the white Christian nationalists moving into Jackson County, Tennessee, we went back to listen to the people of Jackson County. Full story tonight on NewsChannel 5 at 6 and on newschannel5.com. vimeo.com/1033131067/c...
Preview: Listening to the People of Jackson County
This is "Preview: Listening to the People of Jackson County" by Phil Williams on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
vimeo.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:00 PM
After we broke the news about the white Christian nationalists moving into Jackson County, Tennessee, we went back to listen to the people of Jackson County. Full story tonight on NewsChannel 5 at 6 and on newschannel5.com. vimeo.com/1033131067/c...
Amazing! Hockey on local broadcast TV. What a concept!
good job @newschannel5.bsky.social and @predsnhl.bsky.social
#hockey #Nashville 🦞 🏒 #nhl
good job @newschannel5.bsky.social and @predsnhl.bsky.social
#hockey #Nashville 🦞 🏒 #nhl
The Predators will be simulcast on NewsChannel 5 for three games in Nov. and Dec.
Pretty interesting!
www.tennessean.com/story/sports...
Pretty interesting!
www.tennessean.com/story/sports...
Nashville Predators, FanDuel Sports Network to simulcast three games on NewsChannel 5
Three Nashville Predators games in November and December will be simulcast on NewsChannel 5 through an agreement with FanDuel Sports Network.
www.tennessean.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Amazing! Hockey on local broadcast TV. What a concept!
good job @newschannel5.bsky.social and @predsnhl.bsky.social
#hockey #Nashville 🦞 🏒 #nhl
good job @newschannel5.bsky.social and @predsnhl.bsky.social
#hockey #Nashville 🦞 🏒 #nhl
3/ “What are Andy Ogles’ financial ties? Freshman GOP congressman ignores federal disclosure law” 1/31/23 electionlawblog.org?p=134534
"What are Andy Ogles' financial ties? Freshman GOP congressman ignores federal disclosure law" #ELB
NewsChannel5: Tennessee’s newest congressman, Rep. Andy Ogles, quickly became a key player in the battle for control of the House, demanding concessions in exchange for his support for House Speaker K...
electionlawblog.org
July 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
3/ “What are Andy Ogles’ financial ties? Freshman GOP congressman ignores federal disclosure law” 1/31/23 electionlawblog.org?p=134534
So proud of this big collaboration with folks from @lighthousereports.com, @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, the Institute for Public Service Reporting in Memphis, NewsChannel5, and Nashville Noticias. Check out their work below!
February 19, 2026 at 5:52 PM
So proud of this big collaboration with folks from @lighthousereports.com, @nashvillebanner.bsky.social, the Institute for Public Service Reporting in Memphis, NewsChannel5, and Nashville Noticias. Check out their work below!
Tonight at 5pm Channel 5 @newschannel5.bsky.social is our Patron Dr Eccles on
Autism / ADHD/ AuDHD by our Patron
@bendybrain.bsky.social
who is also qualified to do diagnostic assessments on Autism, ADHD or joint assessments
Autism / ADHD/ AuDHD by our Patron
@bendybrain.bsky.social
who is also qualified to do diagnostic assessments on Autism, ADHD or joint assessments
I will be interviewed UK Channel 5 News 5pm Weds 8th Jan 2025 talking #AuDHD
January 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Tonight at 5pm Channel 5 @newschannel5.bsky.social is our Patron Dr Eccles on
Autism / ADHD/ AuDHD by our Patron
@bendybrain.bsky.social
who is also qualified to do diagnostic assessments on Autism, ADHD or joint assessments
Autism / ADHD/ AuDHD by our Patron
@bendybrain.bsky.social
who is also qualified to do diagnostic assessments on Autism, ADHD or joint assessments