Lee Kahrs

Lee Kahrs is an experienced journalist and assignment desk manager currently at KTXL FOX40 News since November 2023. Previously, Lee served as an assignment editor at Channel 22 ABC News from September 2022 to June 2023, focusing on workflow management and mentoring reporters. Lee's background includes managing content and advertising as managing editor at The Reporter and overseeing multiple weeklies as managing editor at The Other Paper, Shelburne News, and The Citizen. With a comprehensive reporting history at The Reporter, and experience as a general assignment reporter at St. Albans Messenger, Lee also has a rich background in stage management from the theater industry in New York. Lee holds a Stonecoast MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Southern Maine and a Bachelor's degree in Literature/Writing from Purchase College, SUNY.