Ariyl Onstott Biography
Ariyl Onstott is an Emmy award winning journalist currently working as a host for news, live events, and original content on the FOX LOCAL app for your Roku, Amazon FireTV, Apple TV, Google Android TV and Vizio. She joined the FOX 5 news team in 2024.
Ariyl Onstott Career
Onstott began her television career as a news reporter and multimedia journalist for WTOL 11 in Toledo, Ohio for about a year. She quickly grew into new roles and became an Emmy winning morning news reporter for nearly two years ultimately becoming her station’s breaking news anchor. In addition, during her time in Toledo Onstott also worked as a traffic anchor and a social media news host.
She is an Emmy-winning journalist who thrives on breaking news stories, working to uncover the truth and helping calm people’s fears. Furthermore, Onstott broke many of northwest Ohio’s biggest stories, like an Ohio ISIS supporter’s plot to attack two Toledo synagogues. In addition, she was the only reporter on scene moments after an Ohio police officer was killed and a state-wide manhunt ensued. Additionally, her empathy earned exclusive interviews with the families of two young Toledo police officers, both killed in the line of duty months apart. Furthermore, when the coronavirus lockdown hit, she was doing Facebook Lives for hours. helping people navigate Ohio’s unemployment process and showing them where to find COVID-19 tests.
Onstott is passionate about making sense of America’s legal and political systems and has covered U.S. presidential and senate debates. Her extensive coverage of the hazing trial in death of Bowling Green State University student Stone Foltz shone a national spotlight on the role universities play in ending hazing.
She worked in Toledo, Ohio for four years and in that time helped raise millions of dollars for children fighting cancer at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through her TV station’s dream home giveaway campaign. Moreover, serving others is one reason why Onstott loves telling stories. She also spent two months at KDFW-TV FOX 4 in Dallas, Fort Worth as a news reporting intern.
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Her reporting has taken her outside the U.S. to Sri Lanka, where she covered the island nation’s economy and emerging democracy in the aftermath of its brutal civil war, earning her the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence award. In addition, Onstott also spent a month and a half in South Africa, where she reported on and studied human rights issues, racial reconciliation, and sustainable development in Nelson Mandela University.
Onstott graduated summa cum laude with two degrees in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Journalism, broadcast journalism and public policy leadership from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 2017.
When she’s not working, you can catch her buried in a book, taking walks on the Beltline with her Siberian Husky, attending a Pilates class, or discussing wellness, fashion, and travel on her Instagram @ariylceleste. You can follow her for a behind-the-scenes look at streaming on FOX LOCAL!
Ariyl Onstott Age
She celebrates her birthday on 12 October. Her exact year of birth is unknown though she could be about 29 years old as of 2024. However, will update once the information is available.
Ariyl Onstott Height
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Ariyl Onstott Education
Onstott graduated summa cum laude with two degrees in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Journalism, broadcast journalism and public policy leadership from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 2017.
Ariyl Onstott Family
Onstott grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and southern Mississippi. There is no information about her parents or siblings. However, will update once the information is available.
Ariyl Onstott Husband
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Ariyl Onstott Children
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