Vicki Liviakis
News Director / Journalist / TV Host
Master of Ceremonies

Vicki has traveled the globe, hosting on-location from Hollywood to Hong
Kong. She’s interviewed rogues and royalty; a baby-seller; and the virgin
bride of “Night-Stalker.” Vicki’s dogged the Hell’s Angels and hung with LA’s
notorious El Serrano girl street gang; she penetrated the Animal Liberation
Front and profiled her gun-totting idol Hunter Thompson. She reported
from the devastating floods of the Midwest; anchored the news when
terrorists attacked American shores; and produced pieces ranging from the
Olympic Truce in Athens to the opium trade in Afghanistan.

A news director, international correspondent, and TV host, Vicki has
reported for NBC’s Real Life, CBS’s Day and Date, Fox’s Front Page,
Paramount’s The West and PBS’s Nightly Business Report. Vicki now
anchors and reports the news in San Francisco. She also anchored the
nightly news in Los Angeles. In addition to two Emmy Awards for Best Entertainment Program and Best On-Air Performance, she continues to pick up journalistic accolades, including Best Investigative Reporting, Best
Documentary, and Outstanding Contributions to Broadcasting. Her half-hour Travel Update program aired for years on the Travel Channel, and Consumer Travel Updates were syndicated on over 100 TV stations in the U.S as well as dozens of other countries.

In search of the heart of America, she jumped behind the wheel of an RV in the PBS travel program Experience America on public broadcast stations nationwide. Vicki’s travels recently took her to Shanghai, China to host a
series of PBS documentaries exploring the 2010 World Expo.

Vicki graduated from the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied Journalism and Politics. She resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.