Maria Stephanos, highly-regarded local journalist with more than 25 years of experience as an anchor and reporter in New England, is co-anchor at NewsCenter 5. Stephanos also anchors "The 10 O’Clock News" on WCVB’s second television station MeTV Boston.

Stephanos joined WCVB Channel 5 from Boston’s WFXT-TV where she was a news anchor and reporter for nearly eighteen years. Before that, Stephanos was a reporter at WJAR-TV in Providence, RI. She began her career as a Statehouse reporter working for several local stations including WBUR in Boston. She has also reported for several NPR radio stations and WCBS Radio and WABC Radio in New York.

She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alpha Omega Society presented by former Governor of the Commonwealth, Governor Michael Dukakis.

A self-proclaimed “…‘homer’ and proud of it,” Stephanos is a native of Groveland, MA and a graduate of Emerson College in Boston where she received both her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in mass communications.

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