P.

KENNETH BURNS
Trenton, N.J.
pkennethburns.com | kenny@pkbmedia.com
@PKBNews on Twitter and Instagram

SUMMARY
I am a writer, news anchor and award-winning reporter with versatile experience. My goal is to create compelling,
relevant award-winning content.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

WHYY-FM (WHYY Inc.) KEYSTONE MEDIA AWARDS
Philadelphia, Pa. Second Place – Best Sports Feature
May 2018-Present “Ten years later, is Chester better now with a soccer
stadium?”
South Jersey Reporter 2020
July 2020-Present
• Research and report on news events and public affairs NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARDS
in Southern New Jersey; Second Place – Radio Stations Breaking News of
• File radio reports for broadcast and text stories for Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event
web; “Police on trial for Freddie Gray death”
• Contributed stories to WBGO (Newark, N.J.) 2017
• Also served as Fill-in News Anchor/Host.
CURRENT
News Anchor/Host “Black talents in public media you may not know but
May 2018-Present should”
• Sunday morning and Weekday fill-in anchor/host; August 2017
• Produced and anchored local newscasts and filled “cut-
away” segments during programs; BOARD POSITIONS
• Reported on the impact of an MLS stadium in Chester, CHESAPEAKE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)
Pa., conflict of hunters on whether to use lead free BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION
ammunition among other stories Board Member
• Contributed to COVID-19 pandemic coverage 2016-2017

FREELANCE WRITER/PRODUCER/REPORTER SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS

March 2012-Present MARYLAND PRO CHAPTER
• Contributed articles to Baltimore Afro-American and Vice President
TapInto Flemington/Raritan 2016-2017
• Assisted in productions for CBC, NPR, Slate Podcasts, • Organized programs of interest relating to journalism
Vox Media and WBUR for journalists and the general public; and represented
• Reported on stories for CBS, NPR and WAMU the national organization as a contributor to the National
Association of Broadcasters’s “Awareness In Reporting”
WYPR-FM (Your Public Radio Corp.) toolkit for newsrooms.
Baltimore, Md.
Reporter EDUCATION
March 2013-March 2017 B.S., POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Covered urban affairs, Baltimore Mayor and City TOWSON UNIVERSITY
Council and reported on vacant properties, police trials Towson, Maryland
in Freddie Gray case among other stories; 2015
• Backup local host during All Things Considered; and
• Regularly filed spots to NPR hourly newscast A.A., GENERAL STUDIES
ANNE ARUNDEL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
WBAL-AM (Hearst Radio Inc.) Arnold, Maryland
Baltimore, Md. 2009
News Anchor/Reporter/Writer
April 2012- March 2013 SKILLS
• Anchored Saturday newscasts and served as a general Adobe Audition, Adobe Photoshop, AP ENPS, AP
assignment reporter; and NewsCenter, Audio Vault, Blogging, Copy Editing, ENCO,
• Filed spots for CBS Radio Network News Facebook, iNews, Rivendell, Tumblr, Twitter, Video
Editing, WordPress, YouTube