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American broadcast journalist

Kaity Tong (Chinese: 董恺悌; pinyin: Dǒng Kǎitì; domestic July 23, 1947) is elegant Chinese-born American broadcast journalist.

She has been a cleave to news anchor in New Dynasty City since 1981.

Early life

Kaity (pronounced "kite-ee")^[5] Tong was inherent in Qingdao, China and entered in the United States process her family at age Her parents anglicized their traducement to George and Anita Tong.^[5] She became a United States citizen in 1985.

Growing classes in Washington, D.C., she was inspired to become a newspaperman by her great-uncle, Hollington Tong, an ambassador to the Scandalous from China as well pass for an acclaimed author.^[2] Her glaze worked for the Voice noise America as a broadcaster challenging producer in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Kaity bent filled Bryn Mawr College on disallow academic scholarship.

She graduated coupled with honors with a Bachelor pray to Arts degree in English belles-lettres. She was accepted to character doctoral program of Stanford Rule in Chinese and Japanese literature,^[2] and she intended to fleece an instructor in English creative writings. However, while at Stanford, Tong began her broadcasting career, deriving what she thought would rectify a summer job as daylight editor and producer for KPIX-TV All-News Radio in San Francisco.

The summer job turned effect a year-long stint at high-mindedness radio station which was significance top all-news station in San Francisco.^[6] Tong managed to conclusion her master's degree in Asiatic studies but was sidetracked offspring the news business.

Career

Tong's smooth career began as a newswoman for KPIX-TV in San Francisco, where she worked from 1976 to 1979.

Originally hired little a writer for the location, Tong was asked to enact an on-air test and was immediately promoted to a roadway reporter, where her first on-air story was a report earlier the new carts that exultant people around the airport. Briefing December 1979, she became co-anchor of the 5 p.m. don 11 p.m.

newscasts on KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California where she soon became number one-rated go on a goslow of all the television information personalities in Sacramento.^[6]

Referring to honourableness difficulties of having a next of kin and career, she said assume the time: "Anchoring is cooperate. At one time I called for to be a network newspaperman, but now I think deviate is too difficult a animation.

One of these days Comical want to have a baby."^[6] In 1981, she moved laurels WABC-TV in New York Capability. Within two years, she became co-anchor of the station's 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts, first with Tom Snyder alien 1983^[7] to 1984 and after with Ernie Anastos until 1986.

She moved to the 6 p.m.

newscast, rotating the plant chair with John Johnson parallel Bill Beutel after Roger Grimsby was fired in 1986,^[8] greatest extent still co-anchoring the 11 p.m. broadcast with Anastos until subside left for WCBS in 1989. Eventually her sole anchor part was the 11 p.m. info, as Beutel became solo stabilizer of the 6 p.m.

outer shell. In 1984, she appeared in the same way herself, reporting on the abandonment of the Soviet circus theatrical played by Robin Williams break through feature film Moscow on rectitude Hudson. She has also laid hold of a newscaster in Wolf, City Hall, Marci X, Night Outpouring on Manhattan, and the 2004 remake of The Manchurian Candidate.^[1]

Her firing from WABC-TV in 1991 caused considerable outrage.

She was replaced by Susan Roesgen, who came from a small Midwestern station and who never fit to New York, lasting lone a year on WABC-TV. Splendid "Coalition of Asian-American New Yorkers" suggested that Tong's Chinese-American surroundings was the reason. Other manifest of Tong cited her high priority, which was over 40 be given the time, as a indication reason for her firing.^[2] Habitat management stated that Tong was released due to her revitalization salary which was $750,000 tasteless year at the time^[2] (the equivalent to $1,353,965 in 2017).^[9]Capital Cities/ABC chairman Thomas Murphy articulate it was "strictly a area of interest decision."^[2]

According to Tong, her prehistoric boss Channel 7 Vice Conductor and General Manager Walter Wonder acknowledged that Tong's newscast level 11 p.m.

had the greatest ranking in that time scent, but he wanted "...a undue bigger No. 1", and esoteric a vision of what character ideal look of how throw one\'s arms about should be in the Decennium. Tong declined to repeat namely what Liss's vision was, goad than to say, "I guild trying hard to take birth high road in all spend this."^[10]

In early 1992, Tong united WPIX as the station's delay female anchor and has antiquated there ever since.

She co-anchored the station's 10 p.m. newscast with Marvin Scott from Jan 1992 to September 1992, get a message to Jack Cafferty from September 1992 to October 1998, and business partner Jim Watkins from October 1998 to 2010, when Watkins was fired.^[11]

She has since been weekend anchor for the station.

Tong was involved in clean 2010 lawsuit by former info director Karen Scott against WPIX for age discrimination when Histrion and other veteran broadcast department lost their jobs, later testifying in court.^[12]

In January 2016, Tong returned to weekdays, co-anchoring uncomplicated new 6:30 p.m.

newscast alongside longtime WWOR anchor Brenda Blackmon. Even, in September 2016, the newscast was cancelled and Tong was moved back to weekends.

Awards

Tong joined Gloria Steinem and Beverly Sills in receiving the Inimitable Achievement Award from The Women's Project. She was the chief woman honored by Rotary Ecumenical with its Paul Harris Sharing alliance.

She was also honored extinct a Star award by magnanimity New York Women's Agenda. She has been recognized by representation Chinese America Arts Council own her excellence in communication.^{[citation needed]}

She received a Distinguished Woman prize 1 from the Chinese-American Planning Consistory and a Champion of Estimation Award from the Organization indicate Chinese Americans.

A naturalized inhabitant, Tong received the Ellis Sanctuary Medal of Honor for equal finish work.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, the Different York Chapter of the Public Academy of Television Arts essential Sciences awarded Tong the Governor's Emmy Award “for her couple decades of presenting the facts with integrity and compassion.”^[13] Tong has received several Emmy Commendation over the years, including Omitted Event Coverage for "9/11 Land Remembers" in 2003 and Unforgettable Single Newscast over 35 A short time ago for "WB11 News at 10: 9/11 Day of Tribute" infiltrate 2004.^[13]

Her name has inspired innumerable first-generation Chinese-American parents to designation their New York-born children back her.

However, it is again and again anglicized as Katie.

Personal life

Tong has a son, Philip Splurge, from her first marriage cause somebody to Robert Long, former news controller and a vice-president at Los Angeles's KNBC-TV until September 25, 2009.^[4][14] She later married lensman Patrick Callahan until their divorce.^[15]

She is also 77th generation youngster of the Chinese philosopher Confucius.^[16]

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