Experience

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  Freelance

  • Retired from daily deadlines

    • Mar 2024 - Present
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  WNCN-TV (CBS-17)

  • CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR

    • Mar 2006 - Mar 2024

    During his tenure at CBS-17 Steve has watched the news business change almost day-to-day, and has been part of the vanguard of that change as his company's corporate owners have tried various experiments in newsgathering and content dissemination. Steve began his career at CBS-17 as the spot ...

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  Central Carolina Community College

  • Adjunct Instructor

    • Sep 2009 - May 2014

    As an adjunct at Central Carolina's Sanford campus Steve worked with students ranging in age from high school seniors (as part of the Lee County Early College Program) to adults who were returning to school to learn new skill-sets as part of attempts at a career change. Steve taught Broadcast...

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  WB-22 WLFL-TV

  • Reporter/Anchor

    • Jul 2005 - Mar 2006

    Steve stopped in for a cup of coffee, met some very nice people, and got a chance to learn his way around the Triangle before corporate shut down the news division. WB-22 prided itself as being a shop where they didn't tell "the same old story" at 10pm. While at WB-22 Steve was resp...

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  FATHERING PROJECT

  • BOARD MEMBER

    • Mar 2004 - Jun 2005

    The "FOR FATHERING" program was developed by The Medical Association of Boston to help promote good fathering practices among inner city youth and young men. The foundation supervises 5 programs under the FOR FATHERING banner including Dad's Make A Difference, The New England Father...

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  WCVB-TV

  • Reporter/Anchor

    • Feb 1989 - Jun 2005

    Live shots and breaking news dominated this late show. Steve developed a reputation as the 'go-to' guy when stories need to be turned out fast and clean. As a result, before he began his late news assignment, he was regularly required to turn around stories for 5-6:30pm newsblock in a ma...

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  Federal Advisory Board EMS

  • Member

    • Mar 2003 - Mar 2004

    Program.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which overseas Emergency Medical Services nationwide developed the PIER program to help agencies find ways to inform the public about critical situations as well as everyday public relations. PIER stands for Public Information Education ...

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  Emerson College

  • Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism

    • Sep 1984 - Jun 1992

    He's taught a variety of courses ranging from Broadcast Journalism 1 to Interviewing and TV News Production and helped foster the careers of a number of younger broadcasters who've gone on to great success locally and nationally.

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  WEEI Newsradio

  • Boston

  • Reporter/Anchor

    • Jul 1983 - Feb 1989
    • Boston

    Morning drive reporter/anchor for the city's only all news radio station, which was a CBS O&O at the time. Steve regularly broke stories that 'set-the-agenda' for the rest of the broadcast and print media in town. In addition Steve did a number of special assignments included on-...

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  WHDH Radio

  • Morning Reporter

    • Dec 1978 - Jul 1983

    As morning drive reporter for this 50-thousand watt station Steve placed a heavy emphasis on spot news. Steve was known as the 'everywhere guy' because he seemed to be at almost every story in town no matter what time of day or night. Major spot news assignments during that period includ...

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  NewsSound Audio Services

  • Owner

    • Oct 1976 - Dec 1978

    Steve's always been a self-starter. Seeing a need for a service in the Boston market, Steve created and managed this legislative news operation for radio stations in Massachusetts who wanted a fulltime state house reporter. Several times daily, he provided 14 client stations with individualiz...

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  AWARDS & HONORS

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    • 1900 - 1900

    2016 NC ASSOC. BROADCASTERS outstanding hard news/breaking news - Deadly Scaffolding collapse 2016 RTDNA Edward R. Murrow 1st place -breaking news -Deadly scaffolding collapse 2005 Associated Press 1st Place SPOT NEWS-Blizzard of 2005 which contributed to WCVB’s News Station of The Year Award.20...