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Sia Nyorkor
is an Emmy & award-winning Anchor & Reporter at WOIO-TV, the
CBS affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. A skilled multimedia journalist,
Nyorkor prides herself on shooting, reporting, writing and editing the
majority of her reports for multiple platforms. Nyorkor’s work has
earned a New York Emmy, CINE Golden Eagle, Humane Society Genesis Award
& several Mid-Atlantic, Suncoast & Lower Great Lakes Emmy
nominations, respectively. Nyorkor and her reports have been featured on
national shows such as TV One's Fatal Attraction, Oxygen's Snapped and
the Investigation Discovery channel. Nyorkor holds a Bachelor of Arts
Journalism from Indiana University's Ernie Pyle School of Journalism and
a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University in the City
of New York. Her master's thesis was an award-winning documentary film
about a Harlem muralist that broadcast on public television stations
across the nation. Active with the National Association of Black
Journalists, Nyorkor serves at the local and national level as a
Regional Director and is a mentor to young, aspiring journalists. She is
also a member of the public service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc. A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Nyorkor is thrilled to
live in Northeast Ohio where she can visit her family. Nyorkor says the
most common question she receives is about her name, which hails from
Liberia, West Africa. Sia means first daughter of the father and Nyorkor
means fierce warrior in Kissi, her father's tribe. Nyorkor has worked
for PBS, NPR & CBS affiliates in NJ, NY, FL, KS, OH & MTV News
in NYC.
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