Leslie Griffith

Leslie Ray Griffith (January 1, 1956 – August 10, 2022) was an American writer and journalist. She worked for 22 years at KTVU in the San Francisco Bay Area as a reporter and as a news anchor.

Early life Born in Tomball, Texas, Griffith worked her way through college as a single mother, working as a cleaner.

She continued to write for news publications, including The Huffington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle

For many years, she was concerned with the problem of tuberculosis in circus elephants. and later wrote and directed the award-winning documentary, When Giants Fall.

In 2005, she established the Leslie R. Griffith Woman of Courage Scholarship to help young women.

She had a small part as a TV anchor in the 1999 film True Crime.

Personal life and death Griffith and her first husband divorced after two years of marriage.

Awards Casey Award for "Candy Kids" with Roland De Wolk at KTVU, 1998. Emmy for Election Night coverage with KTVU News, 2001. Emmy for "My 20th Century: The Battle for California" for KTVU, 2001. Emmy for On Camera News Anchor, 2002. Emmy for "Lost Children of Romania" with KTVU, 2003. Genesis Award for KTVU's Ten O'Clock News "Circus Elephants" feature on the treatment of circus elephants at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, 2004. APTRA Award for Best Anchor, 2005.