NBC's Peter Alexander is engaged to ABC's Alison Starling

Alison Starling and Peter Alexander © Peter Alexander

Peter Alexander, a New York-based NBC News correspondent, has proposed to Aliston Starling, fellow journalist and Washington, D.C.-based ABC-7 anchor, on Saturday night. He popped the question beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. "I fumbled through my first couple lines and then launched right back in. Fortunately, she said yes!"

The couple met in 2001, when they were working for competing news stations in Seattle. They went on one date, but their relationship didn't take off until they reconnected when they were on the East Coast. The couple are planning a wedding for some time next spring.