{"id":497602,"date":"2022-10-02T03:18:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T00:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/fox-5s-lori-stokes-retires-after-22-years-covering-nyc\/"},"modified":"2022-10-02T03:18:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T00:18:46","slug":"fox-5s-lori-stokes-retires-after-22-years-covering-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fox-5s-lori-stokes-retires-after-22-years-covering-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"#Fox 5&#8217;s Lori Stokes retires after 22 years covering NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a863e11f15\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a863e11f15\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/fox-5s-lori-stokes-retires-after-22-years-covering-nyc\/#%E2%80%9CFox_5s_Lori_Stokes_retires_after_22_years_covering_NYC%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Fox 5&#8217;s Lori Stokes retires after 22 years covering NYC&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFox_5s_Lori_Stokes_retires_after_22_years_covering_NYC%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Fox 5&#8217;s Lori Stokes retires after 22 years covering NYC&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The impact of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loristokestv\/?hl=en\">Lori Stokes\u2019 <\/a>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 co-anchoring<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/shows\/good-day\"> <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HshcgOckEX0\">\u201cGood Day New York\u201d with Rosanna Scotto<\/a>; starting in June 2021, she anchored the station\u2019s 5, 6 and 10 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>casts. <\/p>\n<p>Stokes, 60, talked about her distinguished career and her retirement plans in a wide-ranging interview with The Post.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What led to your decision to retire?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s one thing. I\u2019ve been an open book my whole TV career, particularly when anchoring\u00a0a morning show [where] you\u2019re putting it out\u00a0there. 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\u2019s 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, \u201cI\u2019ve worked hard, been successful and have been very blessed in this town. It\u2019s now time to take a step back and take care of Lori.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have anything m<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed out for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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. My dad [<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Stokes\">Louis Stokes<\/a>] was a US congressman for years [representing Cleveland\u2019s East Side] and when I was taking care of him when he was in hospice he said, \u201cI guess I never thought I\u2019d be in this situation because I was so busy living.\u201d His legacy is secure \u2014 buildings\u00a0named after him \u2014 and he also left a ton of memorabilia, papers and photos, at our house in Maryland. I\u2019m the keeper of all this historical work of his and I have not only an obligation, but also the passion, to see that all his materials get to the right place in Cleveland. So that\u2019s going to be a major project. I\u2019m also on the board of trustees of the Cleveland Clinic [and several other organizations] so I want to dedicate my time to those projects. In the back of my mind, a documentary here, a book there \u2026 for the first time since I was 13, I\u2019m not working and don\u2019t have to be told what to do.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"885\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-2.jpg?w=885\" alt=\"Lori Stokes poses for the photographer in recent photograph. She's smiling at the camera is dressed all in white.\" class=\"wp-image-24088103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1770 1770w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1328 1327w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=885 885w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=443 442w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>Lori Stokes worked at WABC\/Ch. 7 for 17 years before joining WNYW\/Ch. 5 in 2017.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A screen shot of Lori Stokes delivering the news at WABC\/Ch 7.\" class=\"wp-image-24088121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/lori-stokes-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Lori Stokes delivering the news during her time at Ch. 7.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WABC 7<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What are your most memorable moments as a news anchor in New York City?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Certainly 9\/11, because we spoke to some of the individuals in the towers \u2014<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/about\/newsteam\/bill-ritter\/\"> Bill Ritter<\/a> and I [on Ch. 7] spoke to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/archive\/politics\/2001\/09\/15\/fear-on-the-86th-floor\/edb46583-a683-44ff-ac08-b87a7cadd499\/\">James Gartenberg on the 86th floor [in the North Tower] <\/a>and he always stands out in my mind because he was so calm and I remember him saying that the core [of the tower] was blown out and there was debris covering the door and I remember saying to him, \u201cThe NYPD and FDNY are on the way, Jim, you\u2019re going to be OK,\u201d and he kept saying, \u201cI want to let my wife and other people know that everything is OK.\u201d We just didn\u2019t have any idea of what would ultimately happen; we were just so used to talking that when we saw the towers disintegrate it was just silence \u2014 we had no words. At the time I had little children and I was [in the city] all day long and I called home to talk to the girls and they both thought that everyone in New York had died. I remember about 3 or 4 o\u2019clock walking out to Columbus Avenue and it was a ghost town; [fellow Ch. 7 anchor] <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pamplinmedia.com\/pt\/12-sports\/302562-179960-steve-bartelstein-finds-true-passion-umpiring-baseball-\">Steve Bartelstein<\/a> and I walked across the street to a bar and everyone was just staring at the television. No words were spoken. It was as if all of us were one that day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you think is your legacy after so many years here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have been very fortunate. New Yorkers can scope out those who are not authentic and I think that\u2019s the only thing they ask of you \u2014 just be real and tell me like it is. That has been a major secret to my success. I\u2019ve always just been me; I don\u2019t put on any airs, I try to be kind and I care about what I do every single day. I\u2019ve been rewarded for that by New Yorkers and I will be forever grateful for it.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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