Pam Chen today was named vice president-news director of ABC-owned KABC Los Angeles (DMA 2).
She will report to Cheryl Fair, president-GM and will be responsible for directing the Eyewitness News team. The promotion, the station said, “makes Chen the first Asian American to lead a news department at a network-owned local television station in Los Angeles.”
“Pam Chen is an innovative journalist, producer, mentor and leader at KABC, equally and fiercely dedicated to both the success of Eyewitness News and the people in the newsroom that she works with daily,” said Fair. “Pam shows that hard work, character, compassion and commitment are the ingredients for success. I am confident in her leadership and look forward to what is to come.”
