{"id":313988,"date":"2026-08-05T02:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313988\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T02:21:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T02:21:23","slug":"nyc-icon-and-anchor-kaity-tong-to-retire-from-pix11-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313988\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC icon and anchor Kaity Tong to retire from PIX11 News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: The video above aired in a previous newscast. <\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (PIX11) \u2013 It\u2019s officially the end of an era in New York City and at PIX11 News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>PIX11\u2019s very own<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/author\/kaity-tong\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Kaity Tong<\/a> has announced her retirement from the news industry. Tong, who anchors the Emmy Award- winning PIX 11 News at 5 and 10 on weekends, will have her last day on-air Aug. 30, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tDiscover more local reporting on our homepage\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Born in China, she came to the United States with her family at age four. She grew up in Washington, D.C., and was inspired to become a journalist by her great-uncle, Hollington K. Tong, who was Ambassador to the U.S. from Nationalist China, as well as an acclaimed writer, and by her mother, who was a top broadcaster and producer for the Voice of America.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating with honors on an academic scholarship from Bryn Mawr College with a BA in English Literature. She was later accepted to Stanford University\u2019s doctoral program in Chinese and Japanese studies.<\/p>\n<p>Kaity joined WPIX in the 1990s and has been with the team for more than thirty years.<\/p>\n<p>Kaity joined Gloria Steinem and Beverly Sills in receiving the \u201cExceptional Achievement Award\u201d from The Women\u2019s Project and was the first woman honored by Rotary International with its \u201cPaul Harris Fellowship.\u201d She was also honored with a \u201cStar\u201d award by the New York Women\u2019s Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Kaity has been recognized by the Chinese America Arts Council for her excellence in communication. She has received a \u201cDistinguished Woman\u201d award from the Chinese-American Planning Council and a Champion of Excellence Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans.<\/p>\n<p>A naturalized citizen, Kaity is especially proud to have received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for her work. She was recently honored by the popular website, Fabulous Over Fifty.<\/p>\n<p>She is actively involved with the Children\u2019s Museum of Manhattan, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the League for the Hard of Hearing, the China AIDS Fund, Plate to Plate, and Coalition for Asian American Children and Families, just to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, in 2025, Tong was inducted into the<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/kaity-tong-legendary-pix11-anchor-receives-prestigious-hall-of-fame-recognition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cJournalist, anchor, icon, legend, friend, mentor. A few of the words that describe our beloved Kaity Tong,\u201d Managing Editor Patrick Mason wrote to the PIX11 team. \u201cAfter more than 34 years at WPIX, Kaity has opted to move into a much-deserved retirement at the end of August. You would be hard-pressed to find anyone in the New York City area who doesn\u2019t immediately associate PIX11 with Kaity. A powerhouse name in an industry that can change in a New York minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We thank Kaity for her many years of hard work and dedication at PIX11 News and congratulate her on retiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s note: The video above aired in a previous newscast. 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