From 1996 to 2012 , she was the anchor and senior producer of PRI 's '' The World '' , a public radio program co-produced by Public Radio International , WGBH and the BBC World Service . She anchored the program from Hong Kong when the territory was handed back to China in 1997 . She also covered the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego , California and anchored that year 's presidential election coverage from Washington D.C . In 2012 , Mullins won a Gracie Award , which honors women who have made a major contribution to journalism and media programming . She was also a 2010 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University 's Nieman Foundation for Journalism
1996 Republican National Convention
1996 Republican National Convention
Lisa Mullins