News10: Multimedia News Producer

I use strong videos, compelling soundbites and other multimedia elements to share other people’s stories at the ABC station in Sacramento.

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Lecture 1: Multimedia Journalist

(Kris Vera-Phillips is on a teaching assignment in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is covering “Modern Internet Television Techniques” for the Faculty of Journalism at St. Petersburg State University.) Notes for Lecture 1 (Date: 06.09.2010 and 15.09.10) My objective for this class is to show students how American journalists use online tools and other technologies to [...]

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Lecture 2: Digital Newshounds

(Kris Vera-Phillips is on a teaching assignment in St. Petersburg, Russia. She is covering “Modern Internet Television Techniques” for the Faculty of Journalism at St. Petersburg State University.) Notes for Lecture 2 (Date: 08.09.10 and 15.09.10 ) Objective: For this class, I want to take a closer look at how people get news: from journalists [...]

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Patch.com: KQED Interview on Newark Fire

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KQED News interviewed me about our Newark Patch coverage on the March 29 fire at the Evergreen Oil Refinery.

You may listen to the interview here.

Online at Newark Patch: While the investigation into Tuesday morning’s oil refinery fire gets under way, city officials don’t yet know whether the incident is related to a recent outbreak of odor emissions that have prompted at least 20 complaints from the public.

Kris Vera-Phillips @ April 1, 2011

About Me

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Kris Vera-Phillips is the weekend morning news producer for CBS 5 in San Francisco.

She made a name for herself as a television news producer in Sacramento and Kansas. As a multimedia news producer for News10 in Sacramento, she used strong video, interviews and multimedia tools to produce compelling news shows for News10 Good Morning, News10 at 6 and News10 Midday. She also wrote, shot and edited web stories for news10.net.

Kris started working in the Sacramento market at KCRA 3 where she produced KCRA 3 Reports from 7 to 9 AM, KCRA 3 Reports at Noon and the weekend morning edition of KCRA 3 Reports. Before moving back to California, she produced 49 News at 10:00 PM and Good Morning Kansas at KTKA 49 News in Topeka, Kansas.

Beyond the television newsroom, she launched the first hyperlocal news site for Newark, Calif. She covered crime, politics, schools, businesses and community events as the local editor for Newark Patch.

Kris earned her bachelor’s degree in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. After working in tech support for three years, she earned her master’s of science from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Through the Medill News Service, Kris worked as an assistant producer for Reuters Television in London. In Medill’s Chicago newsroom, she covered the technology beat for Chicago daily papers and produced a weekly news program for Evanston and Chicago Public Television. She also worked at the D.C. Bureau of the Medill News Service where she reported on the Illinois and Kentucky delegations on Capitol Hill.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Kris reported on politics, business and culture for KALX News on 90.7 FM.

Kris Vera-Phillips @ March 10, 2011