VIDEO – TRUTH BE TOLD –
July 5, 2025 – Beth McDonough once delivered breaking news from behind the anchor desk—now, she’s using her voice to deliver something even more powerful: a story of survival, sobriety, and self-reinvention. The former TV crime reporter and anchor, known for her work at FOX affiliates in Philadelphia and Minnesota, is now sharing her personal journey in her new memoir, Standby. The book recounts McDonough’s decades-long battle with alcoholism, a disease that cost her the career she loved—and nearly everything else.
“I’ve seen the worst of the worst crimes and covered the worst things and what people can do to each other,” McDonough said in an in-depth interview with FOX 5 Atlanta Digital. “So being a reporter, I’ve always been very curious and I love to interview people and talk to people.” But off-camera, she was slowly unraveling. What began as after-hours drinks to “blow off steam” turned into blackout nights and, eventually, two DUIs that ended her television career.
