American television journalist Lori Stokes is currently the co-host of Guten Tag New York on WNYW. She is a popular American journalist and news anchor, well respected for her confidence and persuasiveness in carrying out her job, flanked by her striking big smile. A seven-year-old co-host of WABC-TV Eyewitness News This Morning , Stoke’s extraordinary performance was instrumental in the program becoming the number one viewership. Read on to find out everything you need to know about Lori Stokes.
Lori Stoke’s bio
Lori Stokes was born on September 16, 1962 in London, Cleveland, Ohio, USA to Louis Stokes, an American politician and lawyer, and his wife Jay Stokes. Although information about Lori’s early life is not yet known, she revealed in one of her interviews that from a young age, news coverage had always been of interest to her.
Lori grew up in Washington DC. After completing her high school education, she enrolled at Ohio State University. However, she did not complete her program and later transferred to Howard University, where she eventually graduated. During her undergraduate years, Stokes was a bright and intelligent student who showed keen interest in her childhood dream – a career in journalism.
journalism career
Stokes began her journalism career in 1986 asWCIA is a medical reporter and weekend co-anchor for the Illinois-based network WCIA, right in the Champaign-Urbana region. Two years later, she joined WBTV in Charlotte, North Carolina as a reporter and weekend anchor. This position earned her huge popularity among state viewers within two years.
Stokes later picked up crime and street coverage at WBFF Television, a Fox affiliate in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1992, she worked full-time as anchor and principal reporter on WJLA-TV’s 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. newscasts, a position she held until 1996.
From March 13, 2007 to July 4, 2007, Lori Stokes exclusively anchored WABC’s Channel 7 programs Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at 12 noon . While at NBC News, she was a rotating news anchor for Weekend Today and NBC Sunrise. In August 2017, Stokes departed eyewitness news for Fox News. At Fox, she became a co-host of the Guten Tag New York show alongside Rosanna Scotto on Fox-5 WNYW.
Who is Lori Stoke’s ex-husband, Brian Thompson?
Aside from being a popular and prominent journalist, Lori Stokes is also a beautiful and elegant woman. Her elegance and prominent features caught the attention of her American journalist and now ex-husband, Brian Thompson. The duo met at a job interview for CBC affiliates and tied the knot two years later.
Unfortunately, as the years passed, the couple began to encounter problemsin their relationship and finally decided to divorce. However, the specific reason for their split is unknown. However, the ex-couple remain friends to their daughters. The couple have two daughters (Alexandra and Nicolette) together.
Lori Stokes’ ex-husband, Brian Thompson, is a versatile political reporter who has worked for various television networks in the United States. He has been the New Jersey Bureau anchor for WNBC since 1998. He is also a backup reporter for the network. He has won an Emmy Award and several journalism awards.
Other facts about her
- A highly successful journalist, Stokes has an estimated net worth of $10 million.
- Lori is rumored to be having an affair with a man whose identity remains a mystery. Meanwhile, the rumors remain unfounded.
- Lori Stokes is not a social media freak. She is not very active on Facebook and Instagram. However, she frequently shares her ideas, thoughts, images and videos with her more than 24,000 followers on Twitter.
- Commerce Magazine once called Lori Stokes the “Woman of Influence”.
- Lori is a top member of “Jack and Jill of America”, an entity established to bring children together in a well stabilized cultural and social environment.
