Lauren started her career in journalism as a teenager writing for the "Main Street Wire," the newspaper on
Roosevelt Island. She graduated from
Northwestern University's
Medill School of Journalism and soon after landed her first television job in
Akron, Ohio. From there she headed south to
Little Rock, Arkansas where she covered the
Whitewater scandal and anchored the Saturday morning news. At WABC-TV, her Friday food segment is called "Neighborhood Eats". Prior to coming to WABC TV, she anchored
KARE 11 Today, which was a morning news show on the
NBC affiliate in Minneapolis (the show no longer airs). Before Minneapolis she anchored and reported in Little Rock at KATV, and prior to that she was a reporter at what was then the ABC affiliate
WAKC 23 in Akron, Ohio. She grew up in New York City. Glassberg came to
WABC-TV From
Little Rock,
Arkansas. At ABC, Glassberg serves as a neighborhood reporter, where she provides
New Yorkers with local news. She also has a segment called
7 Neighborhood Eats, where she reviews restaurants in the New York City, New Jersey, and Long Island areas. Akron, Ohio gave Glassberg her first job. In Ohio, Glassberg was a reporter/anchor for an independent station. Next, Glassberg hosted the morning program
Good Day Minneapolis, now a part of the
Fox affiliation. From there, Glassberg came back to her native
New York City, where she came back to the station she grew up watching
Eyewitness News in and towards the end of the
Bill Beutel and
Roz Abrams era. Glassberg's journalistic talent began when she began reporting for the
Main Street Wire on
Roosevelt Island,
New York. ==Personal life==