Stephen Lee (born 1972) is a British-Australian

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and

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, best known as a newsreader for

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and

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in the

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Early life and education

Lee was born in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of the county of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. It lies by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. The population of the Norwich ...

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

. He graduated from Highbury College,

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

with a diploma in

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awarded by the National Council for the Training of Broadcast Journalists (NCTBJ).

Career

British media

BBC

In 1992, Lee joined BBC Radio Norfolk as a radio

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, newsreader and

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. He presented the breakfast programme "''Today in Norfolk''", and the drivetime show "''Norfolk Tonight''", as well as a weekend entertainment show called "''Saturday Stretch''". He worked briefly for the

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's regional news programme " Look East" before moving to the

's base in

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where he worked in both

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and

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. He presented and produced the Breakfast and Drivetime Shows on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire. In this period, Stephen was selected by Cellnet to become the voice of its national mobile phone network.

ITV

Lee joined

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in 1998 presenting news bulletins during

and reporting as a News Correspondent for Anglia News. In late 2006 he became the male anchor of the ITV news programme Anglia Tonight with co-presenters Clare Weller, Becky Jago and Sascha Williams. In February 2007, Lee took part in an

ice skating Ice skating is the Human-powered transport, self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting. ...

challenge inspired by ITV's "

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", learning a routine in five weeks. In October 2007, Lee was invited by Sarah Brown, the

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's wife, to a reception at

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, to represent

at the network's Carer of the Year Awards, of which he was a judge.

GMTV

in 2008, Lee moved to the national breakfast magazine programme

as a news reporter. Notable assignments included red carpet interviews in London's West End. Lee announced he planned to emigrate to Australia in the spring of 2009.

Australian media

In June 2009, Lee joined

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as Program Editor for ''Ten Morning News'' a national news program broadcast across Australia, presented by Ron Wilson. In April 2012, Lee became the Australia and New Zealand TV Bureau Chief for

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. Lee joined

SBS News ''SBS World News'' is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Its flagship nightly bulletin is broadcast at on SBS with additional weeknight late bulletins from on SBS. ''SBS News'' is the name of the news app and ...

in May 2013 to become Program Editor of the network's nightly news program, '' SBS World News''. in October 2018, Lee was a presenter for Sibos TV at its annual banking and financial conference in

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Other activities

Lee is a registered Marriage Celebrant appointed under the Australian Marriage Act 1961, able to legally conduct weddings. In May 2017 he was selected by Google Australia to address a conference on successful small business digital skills, reprising his presentation for a Google Australia Digital Garage event in February 2019. Lee is also a public supporter of marriage equality, signing an open letter of support organised by Australian Marriage Equality ahead of the introduction of same sex marriage across

in December 2017. In 2017, Lee discussed how same sex marriage was changing terminology around weddings with Australian news site news.com.au and predicted in an interview with

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that "Australia is poised for same-sex Asian wedding tourism boom". In November 2018, Lee appeared on the ABC's AM radio program to discuss how 12 months of marriage equality had unfolded. In February 2019, Lee appeared in a video produced by Google Australia titled, "''Open to everyone: Connecting customers to LGBTQ-friendly businesses''". Lee was interviewed on

in August 2021 about the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on weddings in

Personal life

Lee is married and lives in

References

External links

Stephen Lee Sydney Marriage Celebrant
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