Resumé

ResumÉ

Journalism experience

KPCC • Southern California Public Radio
NPR Member Station • Los Angeles, Calif. • February 2016 – present

Reported on K-12 education with a primary focus on the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school system
Host All Things Considered on a fill-in basis
Contribute to LAist.com, the former Gothamist LLC-owned site acquired in Feb. 2018

KPLU Public Radio (now KNKX)
NPR Member Station • Seattle, Wash. • March 2014 – January 2016

Reported on youth issues and education policy for an NPR member station
Produced an hour-long documentary, Renaissance Beach, on efforts to turn around a long-struggling Seattle high school
Covered the Seattle teachers strike, which shuttered the state's largest school district for six days in September 2015

StateImpact Indiana & WFIU Public Radio
NPR Member Station • Bloomington, Ind. • June 2011 – February 2014

Launch & maintain a blog on education policy for a collaboration between and NPR News and local member stations
Enterprise bi-weekly radio features and spots for a statewide network of public radio stations and national broadcast on NPR shows
Collaborate with NPR editors on deadline-sensitive, data-driven reporting
Live hosting of public affairs television & radio programs
Moderated the only debate during the 2012 campaign for Indiana's Superintendent of Public Instruction, the state's top education official

KBIA Public Radio
NPR Member Station • Columbia, Mo. • May 2008 – May 2011

Produce weekly show, Talking Politics, covering state and local policy issues
Anchor newscasts during All Things Considered
Host live election coverage for local and midterm elections in 2010

KOMU News
NBC Affiliate • Columbia, Mo. • September 2007 – May 2011

One-man band video stories on daily, long-term deadlines
Anchor live newscasts on weekday mornings and evenings and on weekends
Set up and shoot live shots while operating ENG news van

KTTC News • Rochester, Minn. • July 2009 – Aug. 2009 • As an intern, shoot reporter packages, edit video and report original hard news.

Reuters Television • Brussels, Belgium • May 2010 – July 2010 • Edit & shoot video as an intern for an international news agency covering EU politics, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

HONORS & AWARDS

2014 National Edward R. Murrow Award: Best Website, StateImpact Indiana (Small Market Online Audio)
2013 National Edward R. Murrow Award: Small Market Radio News Documentary, Progress Report: Education in Indiana
2013 M.J. Bear Fellow: An annual honor the Online News Association gives to three "stand-out" journalists under 30 who have focused on cross-platform reporting
2011 Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) Award: First Place, News Feature, How YouTube is Changing The Classroom
2011 PRNDI Award: First Place, Continuing Coverage, Franklin Township Busing

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Data-Driven Reporting • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Google Fusion Tables, Carto • Some experience with Microsoft Access
Visual Journalism & Video Editing • Final Cut Pro, Avid NewsCutter, Edius • Proficient on Sony XDCAM, Sony DVCPRO, some experience on Nikon D700 • Some photography experience
Audio Recording & Editing • Marantz PMD660, PMD661, Zoom H4N • Adobe Audition

EDUCATION

University of Missouri '11 • Columbia, Mo.
BJ Convergence Journalism, BA Political Science

References & more information available upon request: kyle.stokes@gmail.com