Kaity Tong is a Chinese-born American broadcast journalist and actress. She works as an anchor for Channel News in New York City, as of 2019. She has also appeared in various films as a News anchor including Denzel Washington's starter .
Kaity Tong's Early Life & Education
Kaity Tong was born on 23rd July 1947, in Qingdao, China. She is the one and only daughter of George Tong and Anita Tong. Tong arrived in the United States with her family at the age of four.
Although she was born in China, she holds American nationality. She belongs to Asian ethnicity and her birth sign is Cancer.
Talking about Kaity Tong's education, she attended Bryn Mawr College and later graduated in honors with a bachelor of arts degree in English literature.
Furthermore, she was accepted to the doctoral program in Chinese and Japanese literature at Stanford University. She also managed to complete her master's degree in Asian studies while working in the news business.
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What is Kaity Tong Height?
American Journalist Kaity stands 5 feet 6 inches/ 170.68 cm.
Kaity Tong's Career
Kaity began her career as a reporter for KPIX-TV in San Francisco in 1976 and worked there for three years. In 1979, she began to co-anchor newscasts on KCRA-TV.
She worked for various news channels at the beginning of her career as a newscaster and co-anchor. She was the highest-paid anchor at Capital Cities/ABC
Tong joined as the station's top female anchor in WPIX in early 1992 and has been still working as of 2019.
Talking about Kaity Tong acting in the movies and series, she has worked in various movies as a newscaster and news anchor in Denzel Washington movies , Michelle Pfeiffer and Jack Nicholson movie and many more.
Awards
- She was also honored with a star award by the New York Women's Agenda.
- Distinguished Woman award from the Chinese-American Planning Council.
- Ellis Island Medal of honor.
- The Governor's from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
