Award-winning reporter Laurie Perez is a native of South Windsor.
Prior to Fox CT, Laurie covered national stories for CBS and worked as a reporter at WSPA-TV, the CBS station in Greenville, South Carolina. Her first job was reporting at the CBS affiliate KEPR-TV in Kennewick, Washington.
Laurie has a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University in Chicago. She earned her undergraduate degree at Tufts University and is a graduate of the Loomis Chaffee School.
Laurie is a member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
She has been nominated the past three years in a row for the Emmy for Best Overall Reporter in New England.
Laurie is the host of Fox CT’s weekly political affairs show "The Real Story."
Bio courtsey of: Fox CT.com
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"I like to know a little about a lot of different things"
Rachel Lutzker began her broadcasting career as a traffic reporter for several Hartford-area radio and television stations. In 2001, Ms. Lutzker moved to New York City as a dedicated traffic reporter for WCBS-TV. She returned to Connecticut for the launch of TimeSaver Traffic on WFSB-TV, WHCN, WPHH, WWYZ and WKSS. Currently, she is the traffic reporter for the Fox 61 Morning News weekdays from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m. and then hosts the Fox 61 Morning News with Jeff Valin from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. Ms. Lutzker continues to provide traffic reports for Clear Channel stations WWYZ, WKSS, WURH and WPOP and serve as evening host on Clear Channel Radio's WHCN The River. In addition to traffic reporting, Ms. Lutzker is the on-air host of the nightly program Acoustic After Dark on The River (WHCN).
