Lea Tyrrell
News Anchor
News 12 Long Island

Lea Tyrrell is the evening and night co-anchor for News 12 Long Island.

One of Long Island's most widely-known and highly-respected television journalists, Lea Tyrrell is the co-anchor of News 12 Long Island's Evening and Night Editions.

A long-time resident of Long Island, Lea has been associated with News 12 since it premiered as the country's first local 24-hour, all-news network in December of 1986. Beginning her career with News 12 as a reporter and newswriter, Lea's talents were quickly recognized, and she was rapidly promoted to the anchor desk.

From the very outset of her career as a professional journalist at L.I. News Tonight, WLIG-TV, and then News 12, Lea's accomplishments have garnered for her an ever-increasing number of awards and acknowledgements. Over the past few years, she has received a number of excellence in journalism awards from such professional organizations as the Associated Press and the Press Club of Long Island, an Excellence Award from the New York State Heart Association for her medical series "The Cold, Heart Facts," and FOLIO awards for her live courtroom coverage of the Matthew Solomon and Robert Golub murder trials. In addition, Lea has received the Leadership Award for her achievements in telecommuni- cations from the Nassau Community College Adjunct Faculty Association. She has been recognized as a "Woman of Distinction" by the March of Dimes and has been named a nationwide "Woman of Promise" by Good Housekeeping magazine.

A firm believer in sharing her talents with the community at large, Lea devotes a sizeable portion of her time to a variety of educational, civic and community service organizations. She has served as a member of the Board of Overseers of the New York Institute of Technology, and has made a number of personal appearances on behalf of groups such as the American Heart
Association, the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, the National Center for Disability Services, and the Association for the Help of Retarded Children.

Lea's outstanding college years were a fitting prelude to her successful career now as a television anchorwoman. After receiving her Associate's Degree from Nassau Community College, Lea went on to New York Institute of Technology where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Communications. Lea graduated at the top of her class, winning a number of academic awards, with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.