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SASHA FOO

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UNPACKING A CAREER IN TELEVISION NEWS

Multiple decades, nine cities

Chasing the news. The stories I enjoyed most in my nearly 40 years as a broadcast journalist involved a pursuit. Pursuit of truth. Of justice. Of narratives that needed to be told with both clarity and compassion.


Chasing jobs would take me to nine different cities. I crisscrossed the country several times, moving so frequently that it would take years before I finally felt I could unpack all my cardboard boxes. 

The Roving Reporter

In chronological order, here’s a list of the nine cities and news stations where I worked:


Philadelphia – KYW Newsradio

Boston - WBZ-TV

Tulsa- KTUL-TV

Atlanta - CNN2 and CNN

Seattle - KIRO-TV

Boston – WHDH-TV

New York – WWOR-TV

Los Angeles – KCOP-TV

San Francisco – KPIX-TV and KNTV-TV

San Diego – KUSI-TV 

 Highlights from a trailblazing career as the first 

Asian American anchor at CNN 

 

 TV news and the "afterlife" -  produced for "Asian Pacific Voices"

CNN 

I was the first Asian American anchor at the pioneering all-news cable network. These are excerpts from some of the NEWSNIGHT broadcasts which I anchored at CNN headquarters in Atlanta .

Sasha Foo CNN Anchor

ILLEGAL POT SHOPS IN CHULA VISTA

A Southern California city tries to fight a scourge of illegal marijuana shops. Nominated for an Emmy.

CITY OVERCHARGES FOR PARK FEES DURING COVID

When a teacher of baby sign language moves her classes to a city park during the pandemic, she’s hit with hundreds of dollars in municipal fees. This story was awarded a Golden Mike for outstanding Business and Consumer reporting. As a result of our report, the city agreed to revoke the excessive fees. 

NEWS WRITING COMPOSITE

A closer look at a homeless encampment along the banks of the San Diego River, an unconventional protest that goes "out on a limb,” and a mother’s anguish at her son’s post-combat trauma. This collection of stories earned an Emmy award for television news writing, 

NATIONAL CITY HOMELESS TUNNELS

Hidden in plain sight, the recessed tunnels in a city’s storm drain system become makeshift homes for a community of unsheltered men and women. 

BITTER HARVEST

A revealing look at the squalid labor and living conditions for agriculture workers in Southern California. In a two-part series, we tracked the course of a state labor investigation and efforts to recover unpaid wages for the farmworkers. This report was recognized with a Golden Mike for Best Economic Reporting. 

BEFORE THE BADGE

In this Special Assignment report, the reporter becomes a recruit at the Long Beach, California police academy. Taking on the assignments of a new recruit, I join an academy class to learn first hand about the skills and discipline required to become a police officer.

BEHIND THE CURTAIN - INSIDE LA'S SEWING SWEATSHOPS

Casting a harsh spotlight on the hazardous and illegal conditions that endanger workers in L.A.'s garment industry sweatshops.


NATIONAL CITY GANGS

A startling encounter that’s caught on camera between a suspected gang member and police underscores the challenges of combating gang activity in one Southern California community. This report earned an Emmy for Spot News coverage.

A NUDIST FOURTH OF JULY

Freedom from clothing!  A tongue-in-cheek report on an Independence Day visit to a San Diego area nudist resort..

COMIC BOOK CONVENTION

This is a story on my FIRST resume reel, which I hoped would lead to a reporting job. While working as a news writer in Boston, I was trying to assemble a demo tape for a reporting position. After sending the tape to television newsrooms around the country, I was hired for my first on-air job at KTUL-TV in Tulsa. 

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