Following college , Spencer went into the NBC page program where she would volunteer to work with other reporters in order to gain experience . From there , she landed a position at the CBS affiliate WDEF-TV in Chattanooga , Tennessee , where she " was literally a one-man band " , serving as reporter , producer , editor , cameraman and news-van driver . A year later , she joined News 12 Long Island and two years following that she was anchoring the 3 AM newscast for WABC-TV . While there , she covered the TWA Flight 800 crash , which was considered her big break . She then joined ABC 's '' Good Morning America '' in 1999 as a national correspondent
TWA Flight 800
TWA Flight 800
Lara Spencer