Isaac Lee
| Isaac Lee Possin | |
|---|---|
 Isaac Lee at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2010 | |
| Born |
January 5, 1971 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Chief Content Officer for Univision and Televisa |
| Employer | Univision Communications |
| Known for |
Chief News, Entertainment & Digital Officer of Univision Co-founder and former CEO of Fusion President of News for Univision Former Editor in Chief of Revista Semana |
Isaac Lee Possin (born 1971) is a journalist and executive at Univision.[1][2]
Lee was born in Bogotá, Colombia to Jewish immigrants. He is openly Gay[3]
Career
When Lee was 23, he reported that Colombia's then president Ernesto Samper had received funding from the Cali Cartel. Lee was fired immediately afterward.[4]
At the age of 25, Lee was appointed editor of Cromos.[4] At 26, he was named editor-in-chief of the Colombian magazine Semana. During his tenure at Semana, the magazine published a cover story which forced two Colombian cabinet ministers to resign a couple of days later.
PODER Magazine
Lee served as founding partner and editor in chief of PODER Magazine, a pan-regional magazine for the business elite with special editions for the US Hispanic market, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela and Peru with a total circulation of over half a million copies. The magazine was later sold to Televisa and other investors.[4]
Univision
On December 9, 2010 Univision announced the appointment of Lee as President of News.[5]
Shortly after joining Univision, Lee announced he was working on the launch of a 24-hour cable news channel in English; the new channel was officially announced in May 2012 as a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Univision.[6] In February 2013, both networks announced the new channel would be called Fusion[7].
Two new departments within news were created in 2011:[8] an Investigative Unit led by Gerardo Reyes[9] and a Documentary Unit led by Juan Rendon.[10] The Documentary Unit later became StoryHouse a content development and production venture producing original content for UCI’s portfolio of owned networks as well as third party networks and platforms.[11]
Under Lee's tenure, Univision News has attained several recognitions for journalistic excellence such as the 2012 Peabody[12] and IRE Awards[13] for its “Fast and Furious” investigation, three Emmy's for outstanding investigative reporting, outstanding newsmagazine and outstanding breaking news coverage and two Gracie awards,[14] and the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Journalism.[15]
In February 2015, as part of a reorganization of Univision's digital operation, Lee's role was expanded to lead Digital for all of Univision as President of Digital.[16] Shortly after, under Lee's leadership, Univision announced the acquisition of African-American news site The Root.[17]
In November 2015 Lee was named to the newly created position of chief news and digital officer, with additional responsibilities over multicultural and music and maintaining oversight of the news and digital divisions.[18]
Organizations
In April 2014, the Associated Press announced it had named Lee to its Board of Directors[19]
Lee is also a member of the IAPA, the NAHJ, the Foro Iberoamérica Presided by Ricardo Lagos and Carlos Fuentes and serves on the journalism advisory board of ProPublica.[20] and on the International Advisory Board of the Committee to protect journalists.
In February 2013, Lee was appointed to the board of advisors of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics,[21] and in June he joined the board of the International Center for Journalists.[22]
In May 2015, Legendary Pictures announced it had named Isaac Lee to its board of Directors.[23]
Other projects
In 2010 he co-produced[24] his first documentary "Colombia Hostage Rescue" for National Geographic TV which aired in 13 countries. He also co-produced with Televisión Española an International Emmy Award nominated TV mini-series about Operación Jaque.[25] He was a producer[24] of a featured film, "Paraiso Travel", an immigration story based on a novel of acclaimed writer Jorge Franco.
References
- ↑ "Univision Communications Inc. - Corporate Governance - Executive Leadership - Executive Leadership". investors.univision.net. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ↑ Univision Promotes Isaac Lee To Chief News, Entertainment & Digital Officer - Deadline.com
- ↑ Morales, Ed. "The New Wave of Latin TV: Inside the Fusion Network". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 Edgecliffe-Johnson, Andrew (April 12, 2013). "Univision of the Future". Financial Times.
- ↑ Isaac Lee, President of News | Univision Executive Management
- ↑ ABC News, Univision Announce Multiplatform Plan - ABC News
- ↑ ABC and Univision Announce New Cable Network 'Fusion' Will Launch Later in 2013
- ↑ Univision bets big on news - Entertainment News, Weekly, Media - Variety
- ↑ Univision News Investigation Into Operation Fast and Furious; New Weapons Revealed - ABC News
- ↑ Congress Notes Iranian Threat in Latin America
- ↑ Univision Communications Inc. Launches New Los Angeles Based Development and Production Unit
- ↑ 72nd Annual Peabody Awards: Complete List of Winners Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Investigative Reporters and Editors - 2012 IRE Award winners
- ↑ 2013 Gracie Awards Winners
- ↑ Cronkite Award 2013 Winners Announced
- ↑ Univision Promotes Digital Execs
- ↑ Univision buys African-American news site The Root
- ↑ Univision Promotes Isaac Lee to Chief News and Digital Officer in Multicultural Content Push
- ↑ AP names three new directors, re-elects another at annual meeting - Associated Press
- ↑ Board and Advisors - ProPublica
- ↑ David Axelrod on His Move to the University of Chicago - Chicago magazine - February 2013
- ↑ Three Media Leaders Join ICFJ Board
- ↑ Legendary Taps Univision Exec, Jackie Robinson Foundation CEO for Board
- 1 2 Isaac Lee on IMDB
- ↑ "Operation Checkmate" (2010) - Full cast and crew