Brooke Laizer

About

Hailing from New Orleans, Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina inspired Brooke Laizer’s Atmospheric Science career by 5th grade.A Mississippi State University and Shackouls Honors College Alumna, Brooke earned her Bachelor of Geoscience Degree and received the Louisiana, Mississippi Associated Press’ Best College Weathercast Award during Spring 2017.An Operational Meteorology major, Communication minor, she is currently working toward acquiring a prestigious American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorology Seal.During undergrad, Brooke interned in New Orleans, LA before interning in Washington, DC.Nationally, Brooke has studied under ABC News’ Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee, too, shadowing forecasting for Good Morning America.Brooke immediately began her profession at WFXG FOX 54 forecasting for Augusta, Georgia’s Central Savannah River Area and WPDE ABC 15 Myrtle Beach, forecasting for South Carolina’s Grand Strand. Brooke continued on to WAPT ABC 16 serving Jackson, Mississippi, the state's capitol city, where she received her education on meteorology. She then spent five years with WGNO ABC 26 as the Good Morning New Orleans Meteorologist before joining WWL-TV's Channel 4 family most recently.Brooke is grateful to live out a lifelong dream each day while forecasting for her beloved city, New Orleans, which inspired this career 19 years ago when Hurricane Katrina hit. There's no place like home, and serving the community that her heart's always been within has proved exceptionally fulfilling, especially after Ida.When not at work, Brooke loves traveling and rooting on both New Orleans Saints Football and New Orleans Pelicans Basketball as well as Mississippi State University Athletics. Who Dat, Won't Bow Down, and Hail State!