Who is KTLA News Reporter, Lauren Lyster? Husband, Salary, Net Worth

Who is Lauren Lyster?

Lauren Lyster is a reporter for KTLA 5 News. She formerly presented Capital Account on RT and Yahoo! Finance’s Hot Stock Minute and also worked for CBS News and ABC News.

During her time at ABC News, Lauren covered national news stories including the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub terror attack, Hurricane Matthew in Florida, wildfires in Southern California, tornadoes in Texas, the 2016 Brussels terror attack, the 2015 San Bernardino terror attack, and the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Lauren Lyster Was Born in California

Lyster is 42 years old as of 2023. He was born on October 13, 1981, in Irvine, California, United States.

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Lauren Lyster Education

Lyster received her bachelor’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where she also majored in gender studies. During that period, she worked with the Medill Innocence Project to pay attention to miscarriages of justice, especially erroneous murder convictions.

Lauren Lyster Height

Lyster stands at an average height of 5 feet 3 inches.

Lauren Lyster Husband

Lyster married her husband, Carter Evans in August 2018. The couple has been together in marriage for 5 years. Carter was initially married to Courtney Friel, an anchor and reporter at KTLA and they have two children together.

Lauren Lyster’s Salary and Net Worth

Lyster earns an average salary of $260,000 every year. Her wages have increased significantly over the years that she has worked in mainstream media. Talking of her worth, Lauren has an estimated net worth of $1 million. 

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Lyster and her colleagues

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Lauren Lyster KTLA

Lyster is a renowned reporter for KTLA 5 News. She worked as a senior equities analyst covering the retail market at Tiburon Research Group in San Francisco before entering the journalism field. Her previous experience was in the financial services area.

She was most recently employed by Los Angeles-based ABC News, where she reported for ABC stations around the nation via ABC NewsOne and for the network’s programs, which included “World News Tonight” and “Good Morning America.”

The day the Orlando Pulse nightclub terror assault broke, Lauren was the network’s first journalist on the site, leading special report coverage from the scene. She was a member of the breaking news team that covered the atrocity in 2017, and she was awarded an Emmy.

She has covered everything from tornadoes in Texas to wildfires in Southern California to Hurricane Matthew in Florida. When the news of the Brussels terror incident broke, she was hosting the early morning network program.

Her assignments for ABC stations covered everything from the terror attack in San Bernardino to red carpet events, Oscar ceremonies, and the most significant moments from the 2016 presidential campaign, such as the Democratic National Convention and election night.

Lauren worked as a correspondent for CBS News in New York before joining ABC. She was primarily responsible for CBS stations through Newspath, covering consumer news and MoneyWatch stories. She frequently anchors the network’s early morning shows.

In addition, Lauren has vast experience as a video host and reporter for Yahoo Finance, where she oversaw a daily live program from the Nasdaq MarketSite, covered major IPOs like Twitter and Alibaba, and conducted interviews with prominent businesspeople.

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