Leslie Ann Sykes (born June 27, 1965) is an American television news anchor, journalist and reporter. Sykes is the morning and midday co-anchor of the Eyewitness News at KABC-TV, ABC's owned and operated television station in Los Angeles.
Upon graduation, Sykes began her professional career as a journalist. One of her first jobs was as a general assignment reporter at the now defunct Los Angeles Herald-Examiner. An internship followed at local independent television station (now MyNetworkTV owned-and-operated station) KCOP-TV. This led to a desk assistant position in the news department at Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV.
Her big break came when she landed her first on-air job in Hattiesburg, Mississippi at WDAM-TV. Not only did she serve as a reporter, she anchored three shows a day and produced a newscast. From there she received her first major market assignment at WVUE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana. In December 1994, Sykes returned to Los Angeles as a general assignment reporter for KABC-TV's Eyewitness News program.[3]
In late 1998, Sykes was approached by WBBM-TV in Chicago to become its new top female weekend anchor, replacing Sarah Lucero. However, a December 3, 1998 article in the Chicago Sun-Times reported that She had opted "to stay put in L.A."
In June 1999, Sykes was promoted to co-anchor the weekend edition of the Eyewitness News. In 2009, she was promoted again to co-anchor of the 11am-Noon slot and then joined the team on Eyewitness News This Morning as well.
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