Kim Stephens is an Edward R. Murrow and Emmy® award-winning journalist with 33 years
of broadcast news experience. She is also a college professor. She began her career
in 1988 producing, writing, editing, and anchoring the morning news cut-ins at KERO-TV
in Bakersfield, California.
After working at WBIR-TV, HGTV, and WVLT-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, NBC Bay Area in San Jose, California
Kim now anchors and reports for the live five-hour morning broadcast Great Day at KMPH-TV in Fresno, California.
In each TV market, Kim also worked as a telethon co-host for MDA, local children’s
hospitals, fire departments, U.S. Parks Service, and Saint Jude Children’s Research
Hospital. She moderates live political shows and special reports, emcees many community
events, and served as a board member for the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences (NATAS) for ten years.
Kim’s been recognized with numerous professional awards including the Governors’ Citation
and Governors’ Service Medallion from the National Academy of Arts and Sciences, “Kim
Stephens Day” by the CA State Assembly, and Best of Fresno by readers of The Fresno
Bee. Kim is an inductee into the Silver Circle of the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences for her distinguished work in the Northern California television
industry and community for more than 25 years.
Kim is also an adjunct professor teaching broadcast news writing, on-air performance,
and broadcast reporting and production at California State University, Fresno.
Broadcast News Writing
Media Performance
News Reporting
Newscast Producing
Digital Producing
News Anchoring
Building a News Foundation
News Writing/Reporting Fundamentals
Interviewing
Public Speaking
Storytelling
Live Reporting
Building a Social Media Brand
Applying for a TV News Job
Starting a TV News Career
Broadcast News in the Digital Age
A Guide to Reporting, Producing, and Anchoring Online and on TV
By Faith Sidlow and Kim Stephens
Copyright Year 2022
ISBN 9780367683429
Broadcast News in the Digital Age is the go-to guide for undergraduate journalism students and early-career professionals.
The authors guide readers through the modern digital TV newsroom with detailed examples
of how to become proficient, conversational writers, creative producers, respected
anchors, thoughtful and productive storytellers, and ethical journalists both on-air
and online. Included QR codes allow the students to click to see and hear examples of the stories
they are learning to write.
While most journalism textbooks are theory-based and written in a formal, academic
style, this book is written in a conversational, upbeat tone that keeps the student
reader engaged. It is a one-on-one conversation that is a practical guide that students
may refer to throughout their entire career. It gives specific examples of how journalists
worked through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020/2021, and covered emotional
and dangerous social injustice stories.
The objective of this book is to help the reader look beyond the traditional who, what, when, where, and why and answer the how and what’s next. The authors provide step-by-step instructions on how to efficiently multitask while
staying true to journalist ethics. This book provides a network of industry professionals
who mentor students while sharing the lessons they learned, the mistakes they made
along the way, and the reasons why they feel privileged to be in this career.
http://broadcastnewsmentors.
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