Amy Napier Viteri joined Channel 2 Action News in March 2011. A native of the Washington D.C. area, she is happy to call Georgia her new home.
Before coming to Atlanta, Amy worked as a general assignment reporter in Nashville, Tennessee. While there she covered stories that made national headlines, including the shooting death of NFL quarterback Steve McNair, the historic flood of 2010 and deadly tornadoes in 2008.
Amy received a national commendation from the Humane Society of the United States for her two-part investigation into dogfighting in Middle Tennessee. In 2007, Nashville's Hispanic Chamber of Commerce named her Hispanic Professional of the Year.
Before Nashville, Amy worked as a Spanish-language reporter for Telemundo 64 in Washington D.C.
Prior to that, she was a writer and segment producer at WJLA-TV in Washington.
Amy grew up in a bilingual Ecuadorian-American household, speaks fluent Spanish and looks forward to helping tell the stories of Spanish speakers here in Georgia.
Amy received her B.A.in Spanish Literature at the George Washington University. She spent a year after school living and working abroad in London and Madrid before getting her M.A. in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Miami.
Amy is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and was on the Ambassador's Circle for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee.
When not working she enjoys traveling to new places and cheering on her favorite sports teams.
Clayton County deputies made 15 arrests during an undercover sting targeting businesses selling alcohol to underage buyers. Investigators also seized 135 bags of synthetic marijuana from businesses. Channel 2 Action News was with investigators as they took one employee into custody at a Shell station on Jonesboro Road after he ...
Firefighters rescued eight people from an apartment fire after a neighbor helped point out where the family was trapped. DeKalb County firefighters were called to the Kensington Manor apartments on Mountain Drive after reports of a fire and people trapped. Battalion Chief Christopher Morrison said five toddler-age children and three ...
Atlanta police are working on a project to combat prostitution in Midtown neighborhoods. Neighbors complained to police that cross-dressing prostitutes are aggressive and have them afraid for their safety. Midtown resident Graham Balch told Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri that prostitutes have confronted him on several occasions. "I have experienced ...
Milton police are looking for a woman they say brought her preschool-age daughter along when she shoplifted from a Target store. Police showed Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri surveillance video from the Target store on Highway 9 in Milton, which showed a woman putting items in a bag she had ...
Dunwoody's city council voted to defer a resolution to fire City Attorney Brian Anderson on Monday night. The resolution read, "The mayor and council no longer have confidence in the abilities and judgment of the city attorney." Anderson said the move is the result of an accusation that he leaked ...
The Duluth City Council is considering amending the ordinance that regulates massage businesses. Supporters said the changes are necessary to curb things like prostitution and child sex trafficking. Chip Sweney is the assistant pastor at Perimeter Church and a member of Street Grace, an organization aimed at stopping commercial sexual ...
Neighbors in a northwest Atlanta community say noise from a newly opened strip club keeps them up at night. People living in the Huff Heights condominiums said Diamonds of Atlanta Gentleman's Club is loud until 3 a.m. Gerald Lopez said people leaving the club trespass on their property. "We do ...
Some Atlanta parents want to know why students rode on party buses coming back from a field trip. Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri found the party buses were used to bring around 130 fifth-graders back to Morningside Elementary School after a field trip to a camp in Toccoa. The mix-up ...
Police took to the streets of an east Atlanta neighborhood Thursday night, handing out fliers of a sketch of a man they say attempted to abduct two women. One of those women said the man stuffed her into his trunk, but she was able to get out. The woman, who asked ...
A local sheriff's office has a warning about a website that they say has become a haven for criminals. Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri sat down with the grandmother of a young Clayton County woman whom she said was lured into prostitution through the site. "We were devastated. We were ...