Dee Patel is the content producer for Temple University journalism department's hyper-local news site, PhiladelphiaNeighborhoods.com.  She produced original, multimedia reporting focused on stories in under-served communities and offering mentorship to students enrolled in the journalism department's capstone course.

 

Prior to working at Temple University Patel was the news director for KYW Newsradio. She was appointed to that position in 2006. For over a decade she led a staff of 65 journalists. She's held a variety of positions at KYW Newsradio, including Executive Producer of the groundbreaking, Emmy-nominated television headline newscast, "KYW This Morning" on UPN 57" and writer for CBS 3 Eyewitness News.  She served as evening news editor and reporter.

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Patel began her broadcast journalism career at radio station WBCB in Levittown (Bucks County), Pa. There she worked as assistant news director and later news director, gaining a wealth of experience by anchoring, reporting and managing. While there, she also wrote a weekly column for the "Intelligencer" newspaper in Doylestown, covering events and nightlife in New Hope, Pa.

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She also worked on the air at NJN Public Radio as a weekend anchor. Patel grew up in Bucks County, attending Pennsbury High School, where she remains very involved with her alma mater. She serves on the school's scholarship committee, having been one of the recipients herself when she graduated. Patel has a BA degree from Temple University in Journalism, Public Relations, Advertising, and Theatre.