Lisa McRee Biography
Lisa McRee is a well-known American television journalist and news anchor of the Emmy Award Winning LA TIMES TODAY on Spectrum News 1. Her career helped launch ABC News “World News Now” in 1992. Not long after that, she joined the “Good Morning America” team as a co-host.
She is a five-time Emmy Award winner and is no stranger to award-winning reporting. She has won the coveted DuPont Columbia Award.
Lisa McRee Age
She was born on November 9, 1961. Hence she is 61 years old as of May 2023. She thus celebrates her birthday every November 9 of every year.
Lisa McRee Height
She stands at an approximate height of 5ft 5 inches (1.65m).
Lisa McRee Family
She was born to Barbara McRee (Mother) and her father in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. However, she has not shared any information about her father’s name and whereabouts. Also, she has two sisters by the name Amy Von Der Ahe and Andrea Nash Planzer.
Lisa McRee Husband
She is married to the love of her life Don Granger, an American film producer best known for his works including Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Jack Reacher. The two met on a blind date in the early 1990s. After several years of dating, the two married in 1996 at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church. The couple also have two kids, a son by the name of Will Granger and a daughter by the name of Kate Granger (born on June 4, 2001).
Lisa McRee’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million. This great fortune she has made it through her journalism career.
Lisa McRee Salary
Her career as a journalist and news anchor generates her an awesome salary. Hence she has an annual salary of $72,125.
Lisa McRee Education
She received her education at The University of California, San Diego.
Lisa McRee Career
She was a news anchor and reporter for KERO-TV in Bakersfield, California, and WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas. She then went on to become one of the original anchors of ABC News’ World News Now with Aaron Brown when the show launched in 1992. However, in 1993, she left the show to serve as a host for Good Morning America Sunday, anchor and correspondent for Lifetime Magazine, and a reporter on ABC’s Day One. The following year, she moved to Los Angeles to work as an anchor for KABC-TV. Next, she was hired in 1997 to replace Joan Lunden as co-anchor of Good Morning America. Then, she was paired with Kevin Newman after Charles Gibson left the show in 1998.
However, Good Morning America which had been struggling in the ratings continued to perform poorly. In 1999, both Lisa and Newman were replaced and reassigned to other duties within ABC News. She then went on to work as a host and correspondent for California Connected from 2004 to 2007. This is a TV news magazine that aired on 12 PBS stations in California. During McRee’s tenure, their rating improved by 43% in her last year. But due to lack of funding, the program was canceled. She then began filling in as the co-anchor of Good Day L.A. on KTTV, the Fox-owned-and-operated television station in Los Angeles in February 2017.
Lisa McRee Spectrum News 1
In November 2018, she became a news anchor for the recently created Spectrum News 1 network co-anchoring the morning show and anchoring the evening show, LA TIMES TODAY. This is a co-production of the Los Angeles Times and Spectrum News 1. He joined the station as an anchor. Among her favorite stories is her report titled “War Stories from Ward 7-d” which chronicled the dramatic stories of four veterans of the Iraq War who were treated at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Polytrauma Unit. This story inspired Lisa’s ongoing passion for veterans and their families which is shown through the volumes of volunteer work she does today. Because of reporting and producing the story, she won the coveted DuPont Columbia Award. In 2021, she won The LA Press Club’s award for Television Journalist of the Year.
Lisa works at Spectrum News alongside other famous Spectrums News anchors and reporters including;
- Renee Eng
- Chris Leary
- Melvin Robert
- Lydia Pantazes
- Robert Santos
- Catalina Villegas
- Bree Steffen
- Amrit Singh
- Tanya McRae
- Ferdinand Furer
- Giselle Fernandez
- Jacqueline Bennett
- Nathalie Basha