Lori Stokes

Evening news anchor on WNYW-TV, FOX 5, Lori Stokes began her journalistic career in Illinois as a medical reporter. She operated in several major markets throughout the east coast including: WBTV in Charlotte, NC; WBFF in Baltimore, MD; and WJLA in Washington, DC before becoming the first African American to broadcast on MSNBC. She later co-anchored Eyewitness news This Morning on WABC-TV in New York City. Along the way, Stokes has picked up Emmy and AP Awards as well as a Peabody Award for her reporting. A graduate of Ohio State and Howard University in Washington, DC, Ms. Stokes is the daughter of the late Congressman Louis Stokes, a founding board member of the International Spy Museum’s Advisory Board.