Quick facts
Birth date 16 Sep, 1962
Age 57 yrs
Occupations Journalist
Citizenship United States of America
Birth place Cleveland
Education Howard University
Gender Female
Description American television reporter
Spouse Brian Thompson


Lori Stokes, an anchor, host and a reporter by profession, came to life on September 16th 1962. She is a Native American and was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is 5 Feet 7 Inch in height and is known for her charming personality and beautiful looks. She was born to her parents Louis and Jay Stokes and her family is a close bonded family and her parents always supported her in whatever she wanted to do in her life. L

ori did her high school and later on did her graduation from ‘Ohio State University’ and later on attended ‘Howard University’ as well for her studies. She was usually good in studies. Lori had a boyfriend with the name Brain Thompson in the past and later on she married him as well. The couple had 2 daughters as well. They both were staying together but due to some differences the couple filed for a divorce and separated. Lori does not like to talk much about her ex-husband and has not married or remained in relationships after her divorce.

According to her bio, Lory started her professional career as a reporter with the channel WCIA in 1986. She worked as a medical reporter in the beginning, however later on she started reporting for other news as well. She left the channel and joined WBTV in 1988 where she worked both as a reporter and an anchor. During this stint she gained much popularity and became a sought after anchor. She got an offer from WBFF-TV and joined there and started anchoring and reporting of various crime scene investigations.

She later on shifted many channels and did a successful stint as an anchor with the MSNBC channel. Here she anchored and presented news for their regular primetime shows and was much appreciated for her presentation and skills. Moving on from NBC channel, Lori later on joined WABC TV and is still continuing to work with them. She has hosted many shows for the channel both a solo presenter and as a co-anchor as well. She has appeared in the popular shows of the channel like ‘Eyewitness News This Morning’ and ‘Eyewitness News at Noon’. She has covered many important stories like John F. Kennedy, Jr’s death in 1999 and Columbine High School killings and was appreciated for her reporting. She has also interviewed many important and popular personalities on TV.

Lory is very popular and active on social networking platforms and sites like Twitter and Instagram. She has got over 18k followers on her twitter account and keeps on posting her photographs and latest updates on her social networking accounts. She also posts her TV show stories on these social media accounts. She is known to be a rich news presenter and draws huge amount of money as annual salary presenting her shows. She has an estimated net worth of around $ 600,000 and her net worth is projected to increase in the future as well considering her continuing assignments as an anchor and reporter.

Last Modified: Feb 13, 2020




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