Kaity Tong
| Kaity Tong | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 23, 1947 Qingdao, China |
| Residence | Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Education |
Bryn Mawr College (B.A., English literature) Stanford University (M.A., Chinese and Japanese studies) |
| Occupation | American television journalist/news anchor |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Long (divorced); 1 child Patrick Callahan (divorced) |
| Children | Philip Long |
| Family | George and Anita Tong (parents) |
Kaity Tong (Chinese: 董恺悌; pinyin: Dǒng Kǎitì; born July 23, 1947) is a Chinese-born American broadcast journalist. She has been a television news anchor in New York City since 1981.
Kaity (pronounced "kite-ee") Tong was born in Qingdao, China and arrived in the United States with her family at age four. Her parents Americanized their names to George and Anita Tong. She became a United States citizen in 1985. Growing up in Washington D.C., she was inspired to become a journalist by her great-uncle, Hollington K. Tong, an ambassador to the US from China as well as an acclaimed author. Her mother worked for the Voice of America as a broadcaster and producer in Washington D.C.
Kaity attended Bryn Mawr College on an academic scholarship. She graduated with honors with a bachelor of arts degree in English literature. She was accepted to the doctoral program of Stanford University in Chinese and Japanese literature, and she intended to be an instructor in English literature. However, while at Stanford, Tong began her broadcasting career, getting what she thought would be a summer job as morning editor and producer for KPIX-TV All-News Radio in San Francisco. The summer job turned into a year-long stint at the radio station which was the top all-news station in San Francisco. Tong managed to complete her master's degree in Asian studies but was sidetracked by the news business.
Tong's television career began as a reporter for KPIX-TV in San Francisco, where she worked from 1976-79. Originally hired as a writer for the station, Tong was asked to do an on-air test and was immediately promoted to a street reporter, where her first on-air story was a report on the new carts that transported people around the airport. In December 1979, she became co-anchor of the 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts on KCRA-TV in Sacramento, California where she soon became number one-rated out of all the television news personalities in Sacramento.
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