Last Updated on: 10th May 2025, 12:01 pm
Lauren Lyster is an Emmy Award-winning American journalist currently serving as a general assignment reporter for KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles. She joined KTLA in 2017 and has since covered a wide range of breaking news and major national stories. (Pride-pedia)
Born on October 13, 1981, in Irvine, California, Lyster earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a double major in gender studies from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. During her time at Medill, she focused on miscarriages of justice through the Medill Innocence Project. (FactsIntel)
She joined CBS News in New York as a morning anchor and reporter, contributing to the network’s early morning shows and focusing on MoneyWatch reporting and consumer news. She subsequently moved to Los Angeles to work for ABC News, reporting for “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight,” and ABC NewsOne. Her coverage included significant events such as the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting, Hurricane Matthew in Florida, wildfires in Southern California, the 2015 San Bernardino terror attack, and the 2016 Democratic National Convention. (Famous Intel, InformationFlare)
In August 2018, Lyster married Carter Evans, a CBS News correspondent based in Los Angeles. Evans was previously married to KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel. Lyster is a stepmother to Evans’ two children from his previous marriage. (biographyhost)