Stanley So (simplified Chinese: 苏凌峰; traditional Chinese: 蘇凌峰; pinyin: Sū Língfēng) is a Cantonese-speaking television journalist in Canada. He began his broadcasting career in Hong Kong, and currently serves as the co-anchor and senior editor of OMNI News: Cantonese Edition on Toronto, Ontario's OMNI.2.[1]
After graduating from the Sir Robert Black College of Education,[2] Stanley So joined Hong Kong's Commercial Television in 1975 as a news reporter and anchor. He joined TVB News in 1978 following the demise of Commercial Television,[2] and regularly presented the station's flagship News at 6:30.
So left TVB in 1990 and moved to Toronto. He served as the news controller for Fairchild TV's Toronto division for a few years, before joining CFMT-TV (now OMNI) in 1998 as anchor, senior editor and public affairs officer.[2] In addition, he has also presented a number of documentary segments at OMNI.2, and hosted the Cantonese version of CBC's Canada: A People's History.
He is involved in volunteer works in the community, and is the vice-chair of the board of directors of "Across U-hub", a youth organization serving the Chinese community as well as the other ethnic groups. He is married to Helen Lau with two daughters.