Lauren Glassberg
Before coming to WABC TV, she anchored and reported at stations in Akron, Little Rock and Minneapolis.
She actually got her start in journalism as a teenager, reporting for the Main Street Wire, the newspaper on Roosevelt Island, NY.
It was always her dream to cover her hometown of New York City. She is primarily WABC TV's feature and lifestyle reporter.
You can watch her restaurant features, called Neighborhood Eats, most Fridays during Eyewitness News at 5 p.m.
She is also a frequent substitute anchor.
Lauren is a graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. She lives in Manhattan.
Lauren's Stories
Residents fighting to save hundreds of trees cut down in Manhattan
Residents are fighting to save hundreds of trees being cut down in Manhattan.
Food banks in New York City feeling strain of rising prices due to Iran war
It's not just families that are navigating higher grocery bills -- organizations that work to alleviate food insecurity are also finding themselves in a tricky spot.
Brooklyn businesses, consumers feeling the pinch from soaring oil prices
The soaring crude oil prices continue to push up the price at the pump, but it's also impacting everything from airfare to farmers, and products you buy at the store.
First recorded sighting of once near-extinct swan species in NYC
A Trumpeter Swan is turning heads after it was spotted along the waterfront in Brooklyn for the first time ever recorded.
NYPD bodycam shows officers' encounter with ICE agents who detained Columbia student
The NYPD has released bodycam video from the two officers who responded to the off-campus Columbia University apartment building where a student was being detained by federal agents last week.
Experts issue warning as teens increasingly turn to AI for more than just homework
Young people aren't just turning to AI for homework help, they're increasingly turning to AI for help when it comes to their social lives and basic relationships.
NYC's only Ethiopian-Israeli restaurant closing to walk-in customers after antisemitic threats
New York City's only Ethiopian-Israeli restaurant is closing its doors to walk-in customers as the owner says backlash over the Israel-Hamas war has taken a toll.
New Yorkers reflect on Puerto Rican pride after Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
Bad Bunny's performance was a love letter to Puerto Rico and Latinos around the world.
New Yorkers advised to dig out cars while Alternate Side Parking is still suspended
Alternate Side Parking rules will now be suspended through Sunday -- so now is the time to dig out those cars from the frozen snow.
DSNY working to catch up as trash piles up on snowbanks in parts of New York City
Mayor Mamdani is defending the sanitation workers who are a day behind in garbage collection.