California native will start with KQED’s award–winning statewide news and public affairs program on January 12.
KQED Public Radio announces Queena Sook Kim as the new morning host for its award–winning statewide news and public affairs program The California Report. Kim comes from Marketplace, where she has been the senior technology reporter since 2012. She will take over The California Report morning host chair on January 12, 2015.
The California Report is KQED Public Radio’s statewide radio news and public affairs program. The daily edition airs Monday through Friday mornings on KQED 88.5 FM. The program also produces a 30-minute weekly magazine, which airs on KQED 88.5 FM Friday afternoons. The program is carried by more than 30 public radio stations in California and many local station reporters are regular contributors to the program. Stories from The California Report can be accessed online at www.californiareport.org.
Kim is a California native and has lived in various parts of the state, giving her a unique and inclusive point of view on the state. Senior Producer Ingrid Becker said: “It is with great joy that I welcome Queena to The California Report. It will be great to have a journalist, who has such strong ties to the state, as part of our team. Queena brings great passion about the public broadcasting mission to foster dialogue and create community through thoughtful journalism.”
Kim was born in Los Angeles and grew up all around Southern California. She spent summers in the Central Valley community of Porterville. For high school she went to boarding school in Monterey and during graduate school she interned at the Modesto Bee. She added: “I think these experiences all over California have really given me a lifelong appreciation for our state and how grand it is with so many distinct regions with their own issues, histories and culture.”