Kathy Park

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Kathy Park
Born
Montgomery County, Maryland
Education University of Maryland (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2007–present
Employer NBC News
AwardsEmmy Award nominee

Kathy Park is an American journalist and news personality working as a correspondent at NBC News in New York City, New York. She was previously a reporter and anchor at KCRA, an NBC network affiliate in Sacramento, California. [1]

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Early life and education

Park graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland, with a degree in journalism. [2] She was also a reporter for the university's award-winning Capital News Service during her undergraduate studies. [3]

Career

Park began her journalism career as a general assignment reporter for WCYB in Bristol, Virginia in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, covering breaking news in Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport until departing in 2008. [3]

She also worked as a Meredith-Cronkite fellow at a CBS affiliate in Phoenix, Arizona. Park then moved to WJLA NewsChannel 8, an ABC News affiliate from July 2008, where she covered the Washington Navy Yard shooting, 2 of President Barack Obama's inaugurations, and the 2010 blizzard for which she received an Emmy Awards nomination. [3]

Park left WJLA-TV in July 2014 and moved to Sacramento, California to work at KCRA as a general assignment reporter and weekend evening anchor. From there, she covered stories including the Killing of Stephon Clark and the 2018 California elections. [3] [4] [5]

In August 2018, Park left KCRA to work as a news correspondent at NBC News, reporting on Today , MSNBC, and NBC Nightly News , and has been working there since. [6]

Park is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Katz, A.J. (July 11, 2018). "NBC News adds two local newsers to its national on-air team". Adweek.
  2. 1 2 "Member News: July 2018 Roundup". Asian American Journalists Association. August 3, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Kathy Park". KCRA 3.
  4. ↑ Park, Kathy (April 16, 2018). "Sacramento police release more videos from Stephon Clark's shooting death". KCRA 3.
  5. ↑ Park, Kathy (September 13, 2015). "'Horrid' fire in Amador, Calaveras counties leaves path of destruction". KCRA 3.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Daniel (July 12, 2018). "KCRA reporter Kathy Park leaving to become national correspondent at NBC News". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
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