Lauren Mayk is a reporter for NBC10 News. You can watch her live reports weekdays during the 4, 5, and 6 p.m. newscasts.
Lauren covers politics for NBC10, from local contests including the race to be Philadelphia's 100th mayor, to the critical role Pennsylvania plays as a swing state in presidential elections. You can find her interviews with politicians, voters and political experts on NBC10 @Issue on Sunday mornings at 11:30 a.m. and on Battleground Politics with Lauren Mayk, a new digital show available on NBCPhiladelphia.com and wherever you get your podcasts.
Lauren loves reporting and living in the Philadelphia region.
“This region has special meaning to me and to my family,” said Mayk. “I was born here, while my father was working at WCAU as a reporter! I returned after college to work at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and was thrilled to return again to join the NBC10 team.”
Prior to joining NBC10, Lauren graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Political Science. During her time as an undergraduate, she served as the Editor In Chief for The Michigan Daily. She then went on to work for the Philadelphia Inquirer as a South Jersey correspondent. She then worked as a business reporter at The Sarasota Herald-Tribune. After spending time working on the newspaper side, Lauren then worked as a television news anchor (morning, then evening) for cable station SNN in Sarasota, Florida, before moving to Tampa to work at WFLA where she covered politics as well as consumer issues and investigative stories.
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