Vicki Liviakis, has a successful career as a journalist in the United States. During her career she has won several awards among them, two Emmy-Awards for Best Entertainment Program and for Best on Camera Performance. She has also been honoured with six Associated Press Awards, Best Documentary and Best Mini Series Awards from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. She has also been honoured for her outstanding contributions to broadcasting by The American Women in Radio and Television.

The journalist was born in Sacramento, California and has Greek origins. Her mother is from Kalamata and Corinth and her father is from a small village outside Hania, Crete.

She studied Journalism and Politics at the University of California. She began her broadcast career in radio as an anchor and news director at KFRC Radio in San   Francisco.  From KFRC, she went on to anchor at Metro Traffic Control, K101 Radio, and KGO Radio in San Francisco.

Liviakis went on to anchor, host and report for numerous local and national television programs, including “The West,” “In America,” CBS’ “Day and Date,” and NBC’s “Real Life.” Her half-hour Travel Update program and Consumer Travel Reports were syndicated on over 100 TV stations in the United States as well as several other countries.

Since 2001 she is a news anchor and reporter for the television channel KRON4.