Anna Song (journalist)

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name = Anna Song


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residence = Portland, Oregon
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education = Parkrose High School, Pepperdine University
employer = KATU
occupation = broadcast journalist, News anchor
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website = [http://www.katu.com/about/people/reporters/3517736.html Biography] from the KATU website
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Anna Song is an American broadcast journalist who works at KATU in Portland, Oregon. She previously worked at Los Angeles' ABC NewsOne and held an internship at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. [http://www.katu.com/about/people/reporters/3517736.html Biography] from the KATU website]

Song has won numerous awards in her career, including the 2007 Edward R. Murrow Award in Investigative Reporting. [http://www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/murrowreg2007.shtml] Song won for her piece on Jordaan Clarke, who after undergoing successful heart surgery at Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU) hospital as an infant, suffered prolonged oxygen deprivation causing permanent and profound brain damage. Song's report revealed that OHSU benefits from rare and unusual protection from the state that caps malpractice damages at $200,000 per incident, a luxury not widely available to other entities in the state of Oregon, according to documents obtained by the reporter.

Song, a nine-time regional Emmy Award nominee, won an Emmy Award in 2008 for her piece on the struggle of a homeless high school student.

In 2003, Song's in-depth coverage of the murder of two Oregon City teenagers, Miranda Gaddis and Ashley Pond, and the investigation into their deaths helped earn KATU an Edward R. Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage. [http://www.rtnda.org/asfi/awards/murrowreg2003.shtml] "Casualties of War," a documentary Song co-produced and wrote in 2005, was honored with a 1st place Associated Press (AP) award for news writing. Song also won 1st place in the 2006 Associated Press Awards in the Best Writing and Best Investigative Reporting categories. She has also won 1st place awards in documentary and feature categories from the AP.

Song, born in Taiwan, serves as a weekend news anchorperson on KATU.

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