- Leslie Sykes
Leslie Sykes (born
June 27 ,1965 ) is a television news anchor and reporter.Biography
Leslie Sykes is the weekend co-anchor of the "Eyewitness News" at
KABC-TV , ABC's owned and operated television station in Los Angeles.Leslie Ann Sykes was born in
San Diego, California as the youngest of three daughters. However, she grew up inCompton, California , where her father Abel B. Sykes, Jr. worked as an administrator forCompton Community College . Leslie attended St. Joseph High School and then went toSpelman College inAtlanta, Georgia where she majored in English. While there, she appeared as "Miss Mission" in Spike Lee's 1988 film, "School Daze ".Upon graduation, Leslie 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 (nowMy Network TV affiliate)KCOP-TV . This led to a desk assistant position in the news department at Fox affiliateKTTV .Leslie's big break came when she landed her first on-air job in
Hattiesburg, Mississippi atWDAM-TV . Not only did she serve as areporter , she anchored three shows a day and produced a newscast. From there she received her first major market assignment atWVUE-TV inNew Orleans, Louisiana . In December of 1994, Leslie returned to Los Angeles as a general assignment reporter for KABC-TV's "Eyewitness News" program.In June of 1999, Leslie was promoted to co-anchor the weekend edition of the "Eyewitness News".
Leslie is married to Patrick W. Spann. They have a young son.
External links
* [http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=bios&id=3378766 Leslie Syke's bio on KABC-TV website]
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