Lauren Scala

Lauren Scala (born February 10, 1982) is a 4x Emmy Award winning television host and reporter based in New York City. Since 2011, she has been a correspondent for WNBC's weekday lifestyle show "New York Live," covering a variety of beats, but mainly the city's vibrant restaurant scene. For over a decade, Scala was an integral part of WNBC's morning news team as the traffic/transit anchor on Today in New York.

She has also appeared as a guest host on NBC’s national travel show "1st Look" and has co-hosted "Beat Bobby Flay" on Food Network. She anchored the NYC St Patrick's Parade Broadcast on WNBC from 2014-2018.

In her early days at the station, Lauren was the host of WNBC's Live Interactive Trivia Game on the Saturday edition of Today in New York during the 9am broadcast.

Scala previously hosted several half-hour shows for NBC's digital cable channel New York Nonstop, including "In the Wings," a backstage guide to everything Broadway, "Don't Miss This" a collaboration with Time Out New York Magazine, "The Great American Health Challenge", New York City's first local fitness-themed reality competition show, and "Nonstop Sound," a show about music in the big apple.

In 2009, Scala hosted the official broadcast of the 52nd Annual New York Emmy Awards, which aired Thursday, April 9, 2009 on NYCTV, a division of NYC Media Group.

Prior to her on-air career, Lauren worked at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and DreamWorks Pictures in movie studio publicity and events.

Scala grew up in Mineola, New York and attended Mineola High School, as well as Fordham University.