George Kiriyama

California native George Kiriyama traveled around the country as a television reporter before finally returning home to California to report for NBC Bay Area

Updated 8:52 PM PST, Tue, Jul 28, 2009

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California native George Kiriyama traveled around the country as a television reporter for more than nine years before finally returning home to California to report for NBC Bay Area in January 2006.

George began his broadcasting career in Midland /Odessa, Texas. From there, his career took him north to Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Michigan. During his four years in Michigan, he was honored by the Michigan Associated Press for his individual reporting and received an honorable mention for his series "Surviving the Economic Slowdown," by the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. He spent four years as a general assignment reporter in Kansas City, Missouri before coming back to California to join NBC Bay Area.
George was nominated for an EMMY in 2008 for his role in the NBC Bay Area Documentary “Dreams To Dust: Americans Interned”. He interviewed members of his family who are former survivors of the internment camps during World War II.

George is very active in the Asian American Journalists Association serving as the Broadcast Mentor Program coordinator. In 2007, he was named “AAJA Member Of The Year.” And in 2009, he will take office as the National Vice President for Broadcast.

He graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 1994 and was inducted into the school’s “Wall Of Fame” in 2006.

When he is not in front of the camera, George enjoys tennis, reading, traveling, hip-hop dancing, swimming and dining out. In addition to his passion for history and politics, he is an avid sports enthusiast. George appreciates being able to visit his family more often now that he is back in California.