Vic Lee (journalist)

Vic Lee (born 29 September 1946) is a veteran TV reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. He most recently worked for KGO-TV, his reports being broadcast on the five o'clock news, the six o'clock news, and ABC7 news at nine on KOFY.

Vic Lee
Vic Lee in 2011
Born (1946-09-29) September 29, 1946
Shanghai, China
NationalityAmerican
OccupationJournalist

Early life

Lee was born in Shanghai, China and fled[1] in 1949, to Tokyo, Japan.[2] He went to The American School in Japan (1964)[3][4][5][6] and San Jose State University[2] Lee got an internship at the New York Times from his father's relationship with Abe Rosenthal.[1][7]

Career

After college, he and college cohorts founded a marketing company, in New York City, National Academic Services, to college student governments.[1]

Lee worked at KRON from 1972 to 2006, where he won several awards for his reporting, later working at KGO-TV.

He is known for his thorough political reporting and the myriads of contacts he has from his many years in the Bay Area.

On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, after 50 years of broadcasting in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lee announced his retirement.[8]

References
  1. Murtagh, Heather (October 15, 2007). "A Bay Area landmark". San Mateo Daily Journal. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  2. Barney, Chuck (January 10, 2020). "Vic Lee, KGO-TV and Bay Area fixture, retires". The Mercury News. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  3. "ASIJ Survivors". facebook. Retrieved 14 April 2022. Vic Lee: I am an alum of ASIJ 1964
  4. "Class of 1963 The American School in Japan Alumni, Tokyo, Japan". asijclassof63.net. Retrieved 14 April 2022. Vic Lee ('64)
  5. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-lee-a130365
  6. "Tokyo Vice: The book". Japan Subculture Research Center. 13 October 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  7. KGO (2020-01-09). "Legendary Bay Area reporter Vic Lee retires after 50 years in journalism". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
  8. "Legendary Bay Area reporter Vic Lee retires after 50 years in journalism". 9 January 2020.
  • KGO-TV homepage, Vic Lee. Retrieved August 3, 2006.


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