Brian Thompson (reporter)

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Brian Thompson has been New Jersey Bureau Reporter for WNBC since 1998. Thompson, who has done extensive political reporting for several television stations throughout the United States, joined WNBC in 1996. He is the winner of one Emmy Award and many journalism awards. [1] [2]

New Jersey State of the United States of America

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is a peninsula, bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, particularly along the extent of the length of New York City on its western edge; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on the southwest by the Delaware Bay and Delaware. New Jersey is the fourth-smallest state by area but the 11th-most populous, with 9 million residents as of 2017, and the most densely populated of the 50 U.S. states; its biggest city is Newark. New Jersey lies completely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and was the second-wealthiest U.S. state by median household income as of 2017.

WNBC television station from New York City

WNBC, virtual channel 4, is the flagship station of the NBC television network, licensed to New York City and serving the New York metropolitan area. It is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of NBCUniversal and operates as part of a television duopoly with WNJU. WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC's corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan and its transmitter is located at One World Trade Center. WNBC holds the distinction as the oldest continuously operating commercial television station in the United States.

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award, the Tony Award, and the Grammy Award.

Substitute Reporter

Thompson also is a substitute anchor for WNBC. He has two children with former wife, WABC-TV anchor Lori Stokes.

WABC-TV ABC flagship television station in New York City

WABC-TV, channel 7, is the flagship station of the ABC television network, licensed to New York City. WABC-TV is owned by the ABC Owned Television Stations subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The station's studios and offices are located on Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, adjacent to ABC's corporate headquarters; its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.

Lori Stokes American television reporter

Lori Stokes is an American journalist and news anchor. She currently co-hosts Good Day New York on Fox 5 NY WNYW, with Rosanna Scotto in New York City. From April 2000 to August 2017, she co-anchored on WABC-TV's Eyewitness News This Morning, with Ken Rosato. Stokes joined the station as part of an effort to increase ratings on WABC's morning newscast and helped bring the broadcast to #1.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Brian Thompson". NBC New York. NBC. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Journalists' Roundtable". Monmouth University. Retrieved 3 June 2011.



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