Shawn Yancy (born in Omaha, Nebraska) is a News Anchor for WTTG-TV, FOX 5 News[1] in Washington, DC. Yancy co-anchors FOX 5 News at 5pm & 10pm and contributes to the Newsedge @ 6 and 11pm. Yancy previously co-anchored FOX 5 Morning News from 5 to 7am. She joined the FOX 5 News team in September 2001. Her second day on the job became her first big story in Washington: The September 11th terrorist attacks.
Yancy was awarded a 2007 Regional Edward R. Murrow award for an investigative series on The Asbestos Problems inside the National Institutes of Health.[2] She was awarded an Emmy for "Outstanding News Anchor" in Washington in 2006.[3] She's also been honored with various Associated Press and Golden Quill awards for her reporting on breaking news.
Prior to joining Fox 5, Yancy was an anchor/reporter for WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh and an anchor for WKJG-TV, the NBC affiliate in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Yancy graduated from Ball State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications. She is also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Yancy grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated from Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School.
Yancy had a small role as a news anchor in the 2006 film The Sentinel.
She has a son, Anthony Young Wiseman, born in 1990.[4]