Fox 5’s Lori Stokes retires after 22 years covering NYC: ‘I will be forever grateful’
02.10.2022 - 04:05
/ nypost.com
Lori Stokes’ retirement means that, for the first time in more than 20 years, viewers in the tri-state area will arise Monday morning without seeing her familiar face on their TV screens.Stokes has officially ended her New York City broadcasting career, which started at WABC/Ch. 7 in 2000 and ended Friday with her final broadcast on WNYW/Ch. 5 which she joined in 2017 — co-anchoring“Good Day New York” with Rosanna Scotto; starting in June 2021, she anchored the station’s 5, 6 and 10 p.m.
newscasts. Stokes, 60, talked about her distinguished career and her retirement plans in a wide-ranging interview with The Post.What led to your decision to retire?I don’t know if it’s one thing. I’ve been an open book my whole TV career, particularly when anchoring a morning show [where] you’re putting it out there.
Everyone has known me raising my children, getting a divorce, taking care of my parents [and] seeing them through their journey to the other side. I think it’s been a combination of me being there for everyone and waking up and realizing I kind of needed to stop and take care of me. My [daughters] are 30 and 27, my parents are gone now, and I thought to myself, “I’ve worked hard, been successful and have been very blessed in this town.
It’s now time to take a step back and take care of Lori.”Do you have anything mapped out for the future?Yes and no. I am going to disappear for one month on one of my favorite islands, and then I will go back to my roots in Ohio. I have a lot of projects I need to do.
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