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Stephen Lee (born 1972) is a
's regional news programme " Look East" before moving to the British-Australian
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journalist
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and television presenter
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, best known as a newsreader for ITV News
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and GMTV
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in the United Kingdom
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.
Early life and education
Lee was born inNorwich
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, Norfolk
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. He graduated from Highbury College
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, Portsmouth
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in 1992
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with a diploma in Broadcast Journalism
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awarded by the National Council for the Training of Broadcast Journalists (NCTBJ).
Career
British media
BBC
In 1992, Lee joinedBBC Radio Norfolk
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It broadcasts on FM, AM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at The Forum in Norwich.
According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of ...
as a radio reporter
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, newsreader and radio presenter
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. He presented the breakfast programme "''Today in Norfolk''", and the drivetime show "''Norfolk Tonight''", as well as a weekend entertainment show called "''Saturday Stretch''". He worked briefly for the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
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Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...Cambridge
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where he worked in both radio
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and television
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. He presented and produced the Breakfast and Drivetime Shows on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire
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It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at the Cambridge Business Park on Cowley Road in Cambridge.
According to ...
. In this period, Stephen was selected by Cellnet
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to become the voice of its national mobile phone network.
ITV
Lee joinedITV Anglia
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in 1998 presenting news bulletins during GMTV
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and reporting as a News Correspondent for Anglia News. In late 2006 he became the male anchor of the ITV news programme Anglia Tonight with co-presenters Clare Weller, Becky Jago
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Career
Jago attended Stowmarket High School from 1989 to 1994. She graduated from the ...
and Sascha Williams
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Sascha started her broadcasting career at ITV Anglia, working on ''ITV News Anglia'' as a production journalist from June 2003 un ...
. In February 2007, Lee took part in an ice skating
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challenge inspired by ITV's "Dancing On Ice
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", learning a routine in five weeks. In October 2007, Lee was invited by Sarah Brown, the prime minister
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Gordon Brown
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's wife, to a reception at 10 Downing Street
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, to represent ITV Anglia
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at the network's Carer of the Year Awards, of which he was a judge.
GMTV
in 2008, Lee moved to the national breakfast magazine programmeGMTV
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as a news reporter
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. Notable assignments included red carpet interviews in London's West End. Lee announced he planned to emigrate to Australia in the spring of 2009.
Australian media
In June 2009, Lee joinedNetwork 10
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as Program Editor for ''Ten Morning News'' a national news program broadcast across Australia, presented by Ron Wilson. In April 2012, Lee became the Australia and New Zealand TV Bureau Chief for Reuters
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. Lee joined SBS News
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in May 2013 to become Program Editor of the network's nightly news program, ''SBS World News
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''. in October 2018, Lee was a presenter for Sibos TV at its annual banking and financial conference in Sydney
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, Australia
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.
Other activities
Lee is a registered Marriage Celebrant appointed under the Australian Marriage Act 1961, able to legally conduct weddings. In May 2017 he was selected by Google Australia to address a conference on successful small business digital skills, reprising his presentation for a Google Australia Digital Garage event in February 2019. Lee is also a public supporter ofmarriage equality
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, signing an open letter of support organised by Australian Marriage Equality
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ahead of the introduction of same sex marriage across Australia
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in December 2017. In 2017, Lee discussed how same sex marriage was changing terminology around weddings with Australian news site news.com.au
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Staff
The organiza ...
and predicted in an interview with The New Daily
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that "Australia is poised for same-sex Asian wedding tourism boom". In November 2018, Lee appeared on the ABC
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's AM radio program to discuss how 12 months of marriage equality had unfolded. In February 2019, Lee appeared in a video produced by Google Australia titled, "''Open to everyone: Connecting customers to LGBTQ-friendly businesses''". Lee was interviewed on SBS News
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in August 2021 about the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on weddings in Sydney
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, Australia
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.
Personal life
Lee is married and lives inSydney
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, Australia
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.
References
External links
Stephen Lee Sydney Marriage Celebrant
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Stephen 1972 births Living people ITV regional newsreaders and journalists British emigrants to Australia