Former FOX 5 News Anchor Shawn Yancy Joins NBC4 Washington
Former FOX 5 news anchor Shawn Yancy will join NBC4 Washington as an evening news anchor early in 2021.
Yancy left FOX 5 exactly 19 years after she started at the D.C.-based TV station.
“It was not an easy decision, but a decision that I made alone with my family’s support…to start an exciting new chapter in my life,” she said.
Yancy grew up in the Midwest and earned a degree in Telecommunications from Ball State University. She spent her first year after college anchoring the news for a country radio station before anchoring and reporting at television stations in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She then joined FOX 5.
Yancy’s first story assignment at FOX 5 was covering the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A year later, she covered the D.C. sniper attacks. Other stories she’s covered include Hurricane Isabel, the inauguration of President Barack Obama, and many D.C. sports championships. She received an Edward R. Murrow Award for an investigative series on asbestos and the National Institutes of Health, and earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding News Anchor in D.C.
Of note, earlier this year, Allison Seymour left FOX 5 after 21 years and joined WUSA9 in D.C.
