alycia lane

Lane's television career began while completing her Master's at Northwestern, serving as a Washington, D.C.-based reporter for KSNT in Topeka, Kansas. After completing her studies, she returned to her native New York and joined Cablevision-owned News 12 the Bronx, where she served as an anchor and reporter. Among the stories she covered there was the 1999 shooting of African immigrant Amadou Diallo, who was shot to death by four New York City police officers. Lane claimed that keeping Larry Mendte on the payroll at the TV station amounted to discrimination. Mendte's lawyer, Michael Schwartz, said the newsman is cooperating with the FBI and expects to resume his career.In 2000, Lane moved to Miami, after being hired as a reporter for Fox affiliate WSVN. She joined a rival station, NBC-owned WTVJ a year later, and spent two years there before moving to Philadelphia and CBS-owned KYW-TV in September 2003. KYW paired her with Larry Mendte on their 11 o'clock newscast, and by early 2004 had experienced "an amazing 61%" rise in the show's ratings. In 2005, she was awarded a local Emmy Award for her "Holiday Traditions" special.