19 Action News|Cleveland, OH|Breaking News, Weather, ExclusivesLYNNA LAI
The power of home cooking brought Lynna Lai back to Cleveland! After being away from her family for eight years, Lynna returned to the North Coast to join the 19 Action News team. She currently co-anchors 19 Action News This Morning and 19 Action News at Noon.
Lynna brings to the job 18 years of broadcasting experience in major markets across the country. Her aggressive career pursuits began as a reporter at WMBD-TV in Peoria, Ill., which was quickly followed by a stint at KGW-TV in Portland, Ore. In 1994, she became the first Asian-American television reporter in Cleveland, but left to pursue anchoring and reporting jobs at WTSP-TV in Tampa, Fla. and WSB-TV in Atlanta, Ga. She has also served as a freelance correspondent for ABC News and the BBC. Recognized for her energetic personality and storytelling abilities, Lynna has received two Associated Press awards for Best News Writing and Feature Reporting. In 2004, she won an Emmy for Best Spot News Reporting! Lynna was born in Chicago and grew up in Louisiana before her family moved to the Cleveland area. She is a graduate of Louisiana State University, where she was the recipient of the LSU Honor Scholarship and a National Merit Scholarship Award. Her hobbies include cooking, hiking through the Metroparks, golfing, playing classical piano, as well as watching football and foreign films. But there's not much time for any of that these days. She and her husband, Phil have two young daughters Kayla and Carina.
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