Former ABC7 KGO-TV Producer Ginny Yamate Dies

updated Sept. 17, 2007

Ginny Poon Yamate, a former ABC7 KGO-TV San Francisco producer, died Sept. 13. She joined the station in 1979 and held various positions. In addition to producer, she was Director of Public Affairs and Community Relations Manager. Ginny was a 1999 graduate of AAJA's Executive Leadership Program in Los Angeles. Most recently, she was Manager of Diversity Outreach & Corporate Contributions at California State Automobile Association Corporate Affairs.

"For more than 20 years, Ginny has been known for her comprehensive coverage of community activities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area," said Janice Lee, AAJA deputy executive director. "As a television producer and as the director of public affairs for her station, she showed the public that journalists can cover immigration, poverty, domestic violence and other such issues with compassion."

Contributions to the "Virginia Poon Yamate Memorial Fund" can be made to the following organizations, for which Ginny recently served on the Board of Directors:

Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
P.O. Box 29237
Building 1016 of the Thoreau Center in the Presidio of San Francisco (1016 Torney Avenue)
San Francisco, CA 94129
www.aiisf.org

Chinese Newcomers Service Center
777 Stockton Street, #104
San Francisco, CA 94108
www.chinesenewcomers.org