Nathan O'Neal
Nathan O’Neal is an award-winning investigative reporter at FOX 9. He joined the FOX 9 Investigators in September 2021 to focus on in-depth and accountability journalism.
Prior to moving to the Twin Cities, Nathan worked in Albuquerque, New Mexico at KOB-TV. He was named a 2020 National Health Journalism Fellow with the University of Southern California’s Center for Health Journalism. During his time in New Mexico, Nathan produced a news documentary highlighting the disparities on the Navajo Nation at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. His reporting was recognized with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. His investigations also exposed widespread failures within New Mexico’s police oversight agency which led to ongoing efforts to overhaul how it handles police misconduct investigations.
Nathan also reported in Las Vegas, Nevada at KSNV. He was among the first reporters on the ground during the Las Vegas mass shooting – and his reporting was recognized with both a Regional Murrow award and Emmy award. Later that year he would also cover the Vegas Golden Knights’ historic run to the Stanley Cup Final and lead coverage of the state’s launch of recreational marijuana.
Nathan got his professional start at KVOA in Tucson, Ariz., shortly after graduating college. He graduated in 2012 with a combined Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Master of Mass Communication degree from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. A documentary he produced about immigration and borderland issues in the Dominican Republic was honored with a Robert F. Kennedy Award in Journalism. He also spent time in Washington, D.C. interning with ABC’s "This Week with Christiane Amanpour." He is an alumnus of the Institute on Political Journalism.
Nathan grew up in the small mining community of Globe, Arizona. He’s a ‘pretty decent’ cook, can make homemade tortillas and can be found exploring the outdoors with his very needy beagle Vosot.
The latest from Nathan O'Neal
DHS ‘worst of the worst’ arrests include dozens of offenders recently in federal custody
While the Trump administration repeatedly claims its immigration operations are getting "the worst of the worst off our streets," dozens of offenders listed on the DHS website were already in federal prisons.
DHS arrests for assaulting ICE agents rarely charged, regularly dismissed
In dozens of cases involving assaults on federal agents during immigration operations, federal prosecutors have declined to file charges, dismissed the case, or failed to obtain a grand jury indictment, according to court records and DHS documents reviewed by the FOX 9 Investigators.
Senior living facilities ‘no lift’ policies could be banned by state laws
Advocates for the elderly in Minnesota are drafting legislation that aims to address "no lift" or "no touch" policies at assisted living facilities, which instruct staff to not touch an elderly resident after a fall.
Border Patrol chief was 'outright lying' about previous ICE surge
As a central figure in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown efforts, Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino was found by a federal judge to have been “evasive", “not credible", and was “outright lying" at times when questioned under oath about how agents used force against the public.
ICE claims about vehicle attacks 'difficult' to believe, says federal judge
The Department of Homeland Security claims ICE agents are being attacked by drivers who are following them during immigration operations, but a federal judge said similar claims made in Chicago last year were “difficult, if not impossible, to believe."
Senior living facilities refuse to pick up fallen residents, call 911 repeatedly instead
The ‘no touch’ or ‘no lift’ policies are raising concerns about both resident safety and the strain it places on first responders, according to interviews, dispatch data, state health records and public testimony reviewed by the FOX 9 Investigators.
He slowly suffocated in a senior living facility. Why did no one help?
An elderly resident died at Meadow Ridge Senior Living in Golden Valley after he slowly fell off his electric scooter and suffocated with his neck pinned against the wall, according to an investigation by the Minnesota Department of Health.
Life in prison for Minnesota’s ‘most prolific’ child abuser
A former Twin Cities area teacher and coach convicted of sexually abusing more than a dozen young boys spanning multiple schools was sentenced Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 30 years.
Former Minnesota Teacher of Year sentenced for child sex crime
A former Minnesota Teacher of the Year was sentenced to prison after he was convicted of sexually abusing his middle school student.