ResumÉ

Journalism experience
Southern California Public Radio
​NPR Member Station • Los Angeles, Calif. • February 2016 – present
  • As senior reporter for K-12 education, focus coverage primarily on the Los Angeles Unified School District, the nation's second-largest school system.
  • Investigated the role of parent fundraising in L.A. schools, building a database of parent donations from scratch, overseeing the launch of a first-of-its-kind tool allowing comparisons of fundraising totals, and analyzing how these fundraising totals compared with some $5 billion in district spending.
  • 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
  • Host KPCC's call-in radio show AirTalk on a fill-in basis
  • Host Morning Edition & All Things Considered​ on a fill-in basis, including during elections and breaking news situations
  • Host live events for KPCC In Person.
Coverage appears on KPCC public radio and 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
KBIA Public Radio
​NPR Member Station • Columbia, Mo. • May 2008 – May 2011
  • Produced weekly show, Talking Politics, covering state and local policy issues​
  • Anchored newscasts during ​All Things Considered
  • Hosted live coverage for local and midterm elections in 2010
KOMU News
​NBC Affiliate • Columbia, Mo. • September 2007 – May 2011
  • ​As a one-man band reporter, produced video stories on daily and long-term deadlines
  • Anchored live newscasts on weekday mornings and evenings and on weekends
  • Set up and shot live broadcasts 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.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
California State University, Northridge
Part-Time Lecturer • Los Angeles, Calif. • August 2020 – present
  • Instructor for JOUR 430: Public Affairs Journalism, an upper-division class requiring students to book guests, craft thoughtful live panel discussions, write scripts and web stories, handle social media promotion and cut video.
  • Executive Producer for On Point, CSUN's half-hour, weekly public affairs show. I oversee and edit the 20 students in JOUR 430 as they report, line-produce and host each show.

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Finalist, 2016 Education Writers Association Awards: Beat Reporting (Audio Category)
  • 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