Katrina Lee is an Australian executive director and former television news presenter.
13 Facts About Katrina Lee
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Katrina Lee was appointed as co-presenter of Ten Eyewitness News in 1978.
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Katrina Lee's appointment came just months after the Australian Broadcasting Commission attracted widespread attention by appointing Margaret Throsby as an ABC News presenter on ABC TV.
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In late 1984, Katrina Lee commenced co-hosted a national daytime program called Good Afternoon Australia with Gordon Elliott.
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In 1985 Katrina Lee was part of one of the first television crews to travel to Ethiopia to cover the famine and in 1986 she co-hosted Ten's coverage of the wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson with Gordon Elliott and James Whitaker.
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In 1991, Katrina Lee joined the ABC where she became a reporter for national travel show Holiday.
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Katrina Lee hosted the ABC's national Sunday afternoon Review arts and culture program.
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In late 1991 Katrina Lee was back at Ten, reading the news alongside John Mangos.
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Katrina Lee presenting a special for Ten called Russia in Crisis.
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Katrina Lee then became the director of communications and then executive advisor at the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney.
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Katrina Lee received Logie Awards for Most Popular Female in 1980,1981,1982 and 1983.
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Katrina Lee married Harry Potter in 1976 when they were both journalists at The Daily Telegraph.
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Katrina Lee died in 2014 and Lee delivered the first reading at his funeral mass held at St Mary's Cathedral.