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ResumÉ

Journalism experience

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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.
• Covered the Los Angeles teachers strike, which shuttered the district for six days in January 2019. My coverage also appeared on NPR news shows, 1A, the BBC & WNYC's The Takeaway
• Hosted Morning Edition & All Things Considered​ on a fill-in basis, including during breaking news situations
• Hosted KPCC's call-in radio show AirTalk 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 left the state's largest school district closed 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.

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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

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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

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EDUCATION

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

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