LAURA OKMIN BIO

Laura Okmin is a seasoned reporter for FOX's NFL coverage.

Okmin joined the FOX Sports Network in 2002 as a host/anchor/reporter and has held numerous jobs in the FOX family ever since. She is currently a reporter for the NFL on FOX as well as a feature reporter for the both of FOX’s pregame shows, FOX NFL SUNDAY and FOX NFL KICKOFF. She has covered the biggest names on the biggest stages for over two decades, including more than 10 Super Bowls, two Olympics, multiple NBA Finals, World Series and MLB All-Star Games.

Laura served as the AFC reporter for FOX Sports during the divisional playoffs in 2018-2019. She also provides analysis for Westwood One's NFL Thursday night and Monday night national radio games as well as the NFL playoffs. Along with hosting FOXSports.com’s coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympic games in London and the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Okmin has hosted three national FSN shows while serving as feature reporter and reporter for Orange and Fiesta BCS Bowl Games.

Wanting to create and develop her own content, Okmin started LO Productions producing PROfiles, a 30-minute series introducing NFL personalities off the field, which aired on FSN. She hosted the series while also serving as its Executive Producer, securing VIZIO as the title sponsor, booking each guest and writing each episode.

Previously, Okmin worked for TNT/TBS Sports (2002-2003), where she hosted Braves and Thrashers coverage while serving as a reporter for the NBA Playoffs. She spent five years at CNN as a reporter and host anchoring the network's premier sports shows, "CNN Early Edition," "CNN Morning News," "Page One" and "NBA Today" (1997-2002) which were simulcast daily on CNN and CNNSI. After graduating from the University of Kansas with a degree in Journalism, Okmin's broadcasting career began as a Sports Reporter/Anchor in Montgomery, Ala., Chattanooga, Tenn., nd sports and Sports Channel in Chicago, where she traveled with the Chicago Bulls during their championship run. While in Chicago, she received the Chicago Midwest Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Sports - Single Program Covering Sports.

Honoring her late mother, Okmin wrote a children's book titled "Mommy Has Cancer," which was published in 2002. Her other passion is training and mentoring young women entering the sports broadcasting field by putting on seminars around the country with her company GALvanize. She also conducts media training for professional athletes, coaches, NFL and MLB teams and business professionals. Okmin also sits on the Board of Trustees of the University of Kansas William Allen White Journalism School and is on the advisory board of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission.