Kimberly Houk was born in Houston, Texas, but she was raised in the rocky mountains of Salt Lake City, Utah. She graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in broadcast communications and international politics.  Kimberly worked as a television news reporter/anchor. She learned early on in her career that she has a passion and a talent for telling people's stories in memorable ways.  She loves meeting people and finding out what makes them interesting.

Kimberly began her career as a television news reporter in Peoria, Ill., before returning home to work for KSL-TV in Salt Lake City.  It was there she won a Society of Professional Journalists award for her breaking news coverage on the day investigators found the body of Lori Hacking in the Salt Lake Valley landfill.

Kimberly soon moved on to Baltimore where she covered, among many things, the steroids in baseball scandal as lawmakers were addressing it for the first time in legislative meetings on Capitol Hill. As a news reporter in Orlando, Florida, she spent time covering the arrest and investigation into alleged child killer Casey Anthony, before returning home to Salt Lake City to continue her career in broadcast news.

Kimberly loves reading, traveling, working out, and skiing down Utah's beautiful slopes. 

 

Television News Reporter / Fill in Anchor                                                               Feb. 2010 - June 2014

KTVX / KSTU / KUTV  (Salt Lake City, Utah)       

  • Produces daily content on a tight deadline
  • Strong writing skills / Professional presenter / Compelling public speaker
  • Strong analytical skills necessary to tackle wide range of topics quickly
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Television News Reporter                                                                                         Sept. 2006 - Jan. 2010

WKMG / WESH  (Orlando, Florida)

  • Covered the investigation, arrest, and court proceedings of accused child killer Casey Anthony
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Television News Reporter                                                                                         April 2005 - April 2006

WJZ  (Baltimore, Maryland)

  • Covered the congressional hearings on steroids in Major League Baseball

Television News Reporter                                                                                   January 2003 - April 2005

KSL  (Salt Lake City, Utah)

  • Covered finding Elizabeth Smart
  • Covered the investigation and court proceedings of the murder of Lori Hacking

Education

Brigham Young University                                                                   Bachelor of Arts awarded

Broadcast Communications / International Politics

News Anchor School Training (New York City)                                                                               May 2009

Awards

Society of Professional Journalist Award for Breaking News Coverage in 2005

   (finding Lori Hacking at the Salt Lake Valley Landfill)