Phil Williams is chief investigative reporter for WTVF-TV, NewsChannel 5 in Nashville. He is a five-time recipient of the DuPont-Columbia Award and a four-time recipient of the George Foster Peabody Award. In 2023, Phil became the first local broadcaster to be recognized with the prestigious John Chancellor Award for Excellence in Journalism. That same year, he became the first TV reporter to be honored with the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting. In 2024, Phil was named the recipient of the RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award. A former reporter for The Tennessean, Phil was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. HBO’s John Oliver dubbed him “Nashville’s Nosiest Bitch” and cited his work as an example of the type of unflinching journalism desperately needed in America.