Diane Lee, whose real name is Diane Manning Lee, is an Emmy-nominated anchor and two-time Emmy Award-winning American reporter working at WSPA 7News based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, serving the station as a Consumer Anchor. She has been working with this station since 2009.
Diane Lee Age
Lee is 45 years old as of 2024. She was born in Bronxville, N.Y. in 1979. However, her date of birth will be updated as soon as reliable information is available.
Diane Lee Height | Measurements
Lee is approximately 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around 73 kg.
Diane Lee Career
Lee graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She is currently the 7NEWS Consumer Anchor with over 20 years of broadcast news experience. Diane’s exclusive reports center on discounts and deals, scam alerts, money-saving tips, and investigations into consumer issues. She enjoys helping viewers with consumer issues and has found resolutions for countless who were getting nowhere before reaching out to her “Here to Help” segment (a value that directed her to donate a kidney to a stranger in 2023).
Diane joined the Upstate as a weekday morning anchor prior to transitioning into a nightside anchor position for 7NEWS. Before that, she served as a weekday morning anchor for FOX23 News in Albany, N.Y., and at WYOU, the CBS affiliate in Scranton, PA as an evening anchor. In her first on-air position, Diane served as a full-time video journalist accountable for shooting, writing, and editing everyday packages for WRNN, a cable news station covering the Hudson Valley counties north of New York City.
Besides working in TV news, Diane is a singer. She performs often with the Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble and Spartanburg Community Band. Diane made a Christmas CD for the Children’s Miracle Network, and the scheme raised $20,000 for the non-profit in 6 weeks. She continues to indulge her love of performing and is frequently asked to sing the national anthem to open professional sporting occasions, most recently the 2019 live broadcast of the SEC Tournament in Greenville.
Award
As a result of her good, in 2023, she was awarded an SCBA Star Award for Investigative Reporting following her story “Before You Sell” which helped an Upstate duo save their home. In 2018, she was voted Best Anchor among broadcasters all over the Southeast including the Atlanta market. Before that, Diane received a Southeast Regional Emmy Award for a story she aired on protecting oneself from identity theft and an Emmy for her investigative story on a debt collection scam.
Diane Lee’s Net Worth
In Diane’s career as an anchor, she has been able to amass a net worth ranging between $ 1 Million- $ 5 million.
Diane Lee Salary
Lee receives an annual salary that ranges between $99,500 and $ 226, 890.
Diane Lee’s Parents and Siblings
Lee was born and raised to American parents in Bronxville, N.Y. She is the child of Marcia Manning Lee and Lawrence W. Lee of Bronxville, N.Y. Her dad is a former executive vice president of Bennington College in Vermont. Her mom is the vice president and the managing editor of the online community newspaper myhometownBronxville.com and served as the mayor of Bronxville from 1977 to 1980. However, information on whether she has any siblings will be updated soon.
Diane Lee Husband and Kids
Manning Lee is married to Robert McKenney Hall III. Her husband is a staff scientist in the Albany office of Arcadis, a Dutch consulting, design, and engineering company. The couple tied the knot in June 2009 and the Rev. Dr. James H. Gray, a minister of the United Church of Christ, officiated at the Wilburton Inn in Manchester, Vt. Together they are proud parents of two children, an elementary-age daughter and a middle school-age son. They all reside in Greenville. When not working Diane loves spending time with her family, jogging, and hiking.
Diane Lee Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Lee is vocal on her social media accounts where she posts often. On her Twitter account, she has about 1,405 Followers around 10K followers on her Facebook page, and about 870 Followers on her Instagram account.
Diane Lee WSPA-TV
Lee works at WSPA-TV where she works alongside her fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Olivia Parsons
- Amy Wood
- Gordon Dill
- Fred Cunningham
- Kelci O’Donnell
- Taylor Farmer
- Elise Devlin
- Collin Riviello
- Christine Scarpelli
- Pete Yanity
- Todd Summers
- Grant Roberts
- Christy Henderson
- Dan Bickford