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Traci Lee
Verified
Director, Social, E! Online
Los Angeles
Beats
Biography
Traci Lee is an award-winning producer with experience in journalism, digital media, and audio/video production. She was a 2019-2020 Annenberg Leadership Initiative Fellow at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism, advising and working with students in digital reporting, broadcast journalism and podcasting, and newsroom management. Previously, she oversaw NBC Asian America at NBC News, which included supervising the production of a dozen web series and documentaries that have screened nationally. Her work experience also includes helping to launch MSNBC.com, the cable channel’s first website, in 2012; working with anchors and producers to build social media profiles, develop strategies for effectively using digital platforms, and engage audiences through digital media; and reporting and blogging about culture and politics for MSNBC and NBC News throughout multiple election cycles and breaking news events. Traci got her start in national news at NPR News as an intern in Washington D.C. Outside of journalism, she has freelanced as a PR consultant for IW Group, a multicultural marketing agency working with major film studios in Los Angeles, and co-hosted and produced Dawson’s Speak: A Podcast About Dawson’s Creek. Recognition for her work includes: first place in Human Interest Features at the Southern California Journalism Awards, the New Media Broadcast Executive Award at the Multicultural Media Correspondents Dinner, and the Leadership Diversity Award from the Asian American Journalists Association. Her bylines have appeared at NBC News, Teen Vogue, HuffPost, and Bustle, to name a few. She is an outspoken advocate for alopecia awareness and a youth mentor for the National Alopecia Awareness Foundation and for the Children’s Alopecia Project.
Content
By Sydney Bergan Verified, Traci Lee Verified|Yahoo SportsVerifiedAt the 2024 Paris Games, speed climbing will have an Olympic medal for the first time. During the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, speed climbing was part of the single sport climbing event that combined three disciplines. Speed climber Emma Hunt walks fans through what to look for when watching speed climbing at the Olympics, from the paths athletes take up the 15-meter wall to the gear that keeps them safe.
By Sydney Bergan Verified, Traci Lee Verified|AolVerifiedAugust 5, 2024 at 5:06 AMAfter winning gold at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, in 2023, climber Jesse Grupper is continuing to chase his dreams at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Grupper represents Team USA in sport climbing, which has been separated at Paris into two events (speed; boulder and lead) after making its debut as a single event in Tokyo. Grupper is currently the top-ranked U.S. men’s lead climber and third-ranked in boulder and lead.
By Sydney Bergan Verified, Traci Lee Verified|USA TodayVerifiedAfter making its debut at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, skateboarding is returning for its second Olympics. Bryce Wettstein, who will be representing women’s park skateboarding for Team USA, shares some of her favorite tricks (including one she makes up on the spot) with fans who are eagerly awaiting the competition. This will be Wettstein’s second Olympics. She finished sixth in Tokyo in women’s park skateboarding.
Company Info
E! Online
E! Networks is an American basic cable television network that focuses on entertainment and celebrity culture. Launched in 1985 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, it is owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group, a division of Comcast. The network was co-founded by Alan Mruvka and has evolved significantly since its rebranding as E!: Entertainment Television in 1990. E! Networks offers a diverse range of programming, including celebrity news and gossip shows, reality television series, and coverage of Hollywood events such as red carpet premieres and award shows. The network also features fashion and lifestyle content, along with original scripted and unscripted series that cater to fans of the entertainment industry. With a revenue of approximately $1 billion and around 463 employees, E! Networks has established itself as a prominent player in the entertainment media landscape.
Founded: 2013