Hall Strategies Hires Alex Denis as Director

Denis led communications at the Tennessee Department of Transportation; as a journalist, she has won six Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (August 11, 2025) – Hall Strategies, a Nashville-based public relations and government relations firm founded in 2004, announced today that Alex Denis has joined the firm as a director.

Denis is well known in the Nashville market as a former award-winning broadcast news journalist and anchor at WKRN News 2. Most recently, at the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), she served as Assistant Chief for Public Affairs and Strategic Communications and as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Governor, the TDOT Commissioner, and the senior leadership team.

At TDOT, Denis modernized the agency’s communications initiatives to increase public reach, transparency and rapid public response. She helped lead the public campaign in support of the Tennessee Transportation Modernization Act, a historic and innovative policy to enhance mobility for the future of Tennessee.

“Alex has an impeccable reputation in Nashville and across Tennessee as a hardworking and exceptionally talented communications professional,” said Joe Hall, partner and founder at Hall Strategies. “She expertly transitioned an award-winning journalism career into becoming a changemaker within state government. She brings dynamic capabilities and expertise that strengthen our firm and will deliver impact to our clients. We are thrilled to welcome her to the team.”

In joining Hall Strategies, Denis bolsters an organization ranked among the largest public relations firms in Middle Tennessee, supporting a roster of national, state and local companies and organizations. She will lead clients in strategic communications planning and execution, media relations, media training, crisis communications, and video production as well as event and panel hosting and moderation.

Denis’s career is built on journalistic achievement and integrity, media savvy and public sector insight. A six-time Emmy-winning journalist and national Edward R. Murrow Award recipient, Denis spent nearly two decades building trust with audiences by telling stories that matter, from the red carpets of New York City to the heart of disaster zones in Tennessee. She led WKRN’s coverage of the 2020 tornadoes, the Waverly floods, and the Christmas Day bombing. Prior to that, she helped launch CBS New York’s 24-hour streaming news platform and became a voice in traffic safety awareness through Project Yellow Light –efforts that landed her on billboards in Times Square.

While at TDOT, Denis spearheaded messaging around the largest transportation investment in state history. A changemaker during her time in the public sector, she guided public communications during high-stakes emergencies and launched high-profile initiatives including TDOT-TV, a statewide internal television program.

A Florida native, Denis graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Florida with a degree in Mass Communications. She is married to a West Point graduate and combat veteran Infantry Officer of the 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions. The couple have two children.