Kaity Tong Biography
Kaity Tong is a skilled American journalist who currently works at PIX11 as an anchor. Tong is the best local news anchor in the New York market and reports on Emmy award-winning News at 5 and 10 on weekends.
Kaity Tong Age|Birthday
How old is Tong? She is 77 years old as of 2024. Tong was born on 23 July 1947 in Qingdao, China. She celebrates her birthday on the 23rd of July every year
Kaity Tong Education
She graduated with Honors on an academic scholarship from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in English Literature, Kaity Had no idea what to do next. She focused on long graduating programs to just stay in school! Tong was finally enrolled at Stanford University for her doctoral program in Chinese and Japanese studies.
Kaity Tong Height|Weight
Tong stands on an average height of 5 feet 3 inches and weighs around 60kgs.
Kaity Tong Family
Tong is a native of China, relocated to the United States with her family at the age of four and moved to Washington D.C. Mr. Hollington K. Tong, who is Kaity Tong’s great uncle and was an ambassador to the U.S encouraged her to become a journalist from Nationalist China as well as a praised Writer. As a top broadcaster and a producer, her mother also worked for the Voice of Africa.
Kaity Tong Husband|Married
She was previously married to Robert Long, who was a former news director and vice-president at KNBC-TV in Los Angeles until September 25, 2009, and they were blessed with a son Philip Long. She later married photographer Patrick Callahan, with whom she later divorced
Kaity Tong Children
Tong is blessed with a son known as Philip Tong.
Kaity Tong Career
Tong is a native of China, relocated to the United States with her family at the age of four and moved to Washington D.C. Mr. Hollington K. Tong, who is Kaity Tong’s great uncle and was an ambassador to the U.S encouraged her to become a journalist from Nationalist China as well as a praised Writer. As a top broadcaster and a producer, her mother also worked for the Voice of Africa.
After graduating with Honors on an academic scholarship from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in English Literature, Kaity Had no idea what to do next. She focused on long graduating programs to just stay in school! Tong was finally enrolled at Stanford University for her doctoral program in Chinese and Japanese studies.
Tong began her career at Stanford by chance, working during the summer as a morning editor and producer for KCBS ALL-News radio in San Francisco. Starting as a reporter for KPIX-TV in San Francisco, Kaity was first hired as a writer and then promoted immediately to a street reporter after passing an on-air test where her first report was on the new carts that carried people around the airport.
Kaity Tong KCRA
She got hired as the co-anchor for the number rated 5 pm and 10 pm for newscasts on KCRA-TV.The NBC affiliate in sacramento,CA.Due to her involvement in local affairs to her local community service, she was acknowledged by the KCRA the United Way, the California state legislature, and the Sacramento City Council.
kaity moved to New York two years later after she was recruited by WABC-TV where she began as a general correspondent and co-anchor of the “Weekend News Edition”, before anchoring the 5 pm and 11 pm newscasts. She has worked with news veterans Roger Grimbsy, Bill Beutel, and Tom Snyder. She worked with WABC’s “Eye Witness News” for 10 years then joined WPIX where she anchored the 10 pm news for 20 years.
Tong would later receive the” Exceptional Achievement Award” alongside Gloria Steinem and Beverly Sills from the Women’s Project and was the first woman honored by Rotary International with its “Paul Harris Fellowship.” The New York Women’s Agenda also honored her with a “star” award.
Kaity Tong Awards
The Chinese America Arts Council rewarded her for her excellence in communication. She has received a “Distinguished Woman” award from the Chinese-American Planning Council and a Champion of Excellence Award from the Organisation of Chinese Americans.
A well-blended citizen, She was honored with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for her work. In addition, she was also honored by the popular website Fabulous over fifty. Kaity is associated with the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the League for the Hard of Hearing, the China AIDS Fund, Plate to Plate, and the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, just to name a few.
Kaity Tong Salary|Net Worth
She has an estimated salary ranging between $70,000 – $125,000 and has an estimated net worth of $1 Million -$5 Million which she earns from her broadcasting career.
