Reporter Lee Hyun-young, selected as new anchor for weekend ‘SBS 8 News’ [Official]

TV Apr 17, 2025

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Reporter Lee Hyun-young, selected as new anchor for weekend ‘SBS 8 News’ [Official]

Reporter Lee Hyeon-yeong will be the anchor for SBS weekend ‘8 O’ Clock News ‘starting on the 19th.

SBS has selected reporter Lee Hyun-young as the sole anchor for the weekend’ 8 O ‘Clock News’, following reporter-turned-anchor Jung Yu-mi.Anchor Lee Hyun-young is a 10-year veteran reporter who joined the company in 2016 and has worked in major departments such as the social affairs, political, and investigative reporting departments.It is known that she has won the ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ and ‘Reporter of the Month’ awards several times.

SBS said, “Anchor Lee Hyun-young will add a young and fresh energy to the weekend ‘8 O’ Clock News ‘as a field reporter.” Anchor Lee Hyun-young said, “I know how meticulously my fellow reporters check the facts before publishing an article, and how much thought goes into including the core elements in the article,” and added, “I want to help viewers fully feel that effort.” She continued, “I have seen, heard, and felt a lot from meeting various people in the field, and I will continue to think and work hard so that those things can be naturally blended into the news.”

Reporter Jeong Yu-mi plans to focus more on hosting SBS YouTube’s ‘Political Consulting Stove League’.She plans to increase programming during the presidential election period in order to meet with YouTube viewers more frequently.


The sports news on ‘SBS 8 News’ on weekdays will also be replaced by a new face.Announcer Kim Sun-jae will take over the baton from announcer Kim Da-young, who will be leaving the company after her last broadcast on the 25th, and will present the sports news starting on the 28th.

Kim Seon-jae, who joined the company in 2015, has shown off her skilled hosting skills on ‘Saturday Morning Wide’, ‘Live Today’, and ‘Men in Black Box’.Kim said, “This is my first time with sports news, so I will go back to the basics and approach it with the attitude of learning and studying.” She also said, “I’ve recently been learning tennis, and I think I’ve felt the charm and power of sports more through doing it myself.I will deliver sports news in a more vivid way, as I feel it, and in a more lively way, since it’s the evening time slot.”

Meanwhile, SBS editorialist Joo Young-jin has been attracting attention since April 7th by hosting Love FM’s new current affairs talk show “Joo Young-jin’s News Direct.” SBS Love FM said of anchor Joo, “No matter which politician appears, she has proven through her seven years of TV” Joo Young-jin’s News Briefing “that she is someone who never avoids asking the questions that need to be asked,” and “She will soon stand out in the fiercely competitive current affairs programs that air after work.”

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