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Blayne Alexander, Atlanta-based NBC News reporter, has a baby

She previously worked at 11Alive from 2011 to 2017.
Atlanta-based NBC News correspondent Blayne Alexander recently had her first child with her husband Jay, named Sage. CONTRIBUTED

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Atlanta-based NBC News correspondent Blayne Alexander recently had her first child with her husband Jay, named Sage. CONTRIBUTED
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July 12, 2021

Blayne Alexander, an Atlanta-based NBC News reporter, welcomed a baby girl Sage Milan earlier this month.

“You are everything I prayed for, all I dreamed about and still more incredible than I could have ever imagined,” Alexander wrote on Instagram. “Welcome to the world, sweet girl. You are already the center of ours.”

Alexander and her husband Jay Bailey said they named her Sage because the name embodies many of the characteristics they want her to carry into the world: wisdom , discernment and a calming, soothing spirit.

A Duke University graduate, Alexander worked for six years at 11Alive from 2011 to 2017 before moving to NBC News’ affiliate service for two years, providing reports for local NBC TV stations nationwide. In 2019, she joined NBC News proper and appears regularly on shows like “Today” and “NBC Nightly News” as well as MSNBC.

Alexander’s husband Bailey, an Atlanta native and University of Georgia graduate, is president and CEO of the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

UPDATE: She returned back to work on January 10, 2022.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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