Kent Ninomiya
Kent Ninomiya | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 (age 58) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University City High School University of California, Berkeley (B.A.) St. Mary's University School of Law (J.D.) |
| Occupation | Television journalist |
| Website | www |
Kent Ninomiya is the first male
AAJA, notes that there are numerous Asian American women on the air at American television news stations but very few Asian American men.[2] This disparity is even more pronounced with television news anchors. Kent Ninomiya was the first Asian American man to be a main anchor.[3]
Main Anchor
Kent Ninomiya became the primary news anchor for
African American female. The all minority main anchor team working in a television market with very few minority viewers was heralded as a bold step forward by journalism organizations across the country.[5] Ninomiya was also primary news anchor and managing editor at WICD
in Champaign in 2006 and 2007.
Other Anchoring
Ninomiya first became a full-time news anchor in 1999 when he was named the weekday 5am - 7am morning news anchor for
KCOP in Los Angeles. He worked with several prominent co-anchors there including Gina Silva, Jennifer Gould, Maria Quiban and Lauren Sánchez. During Ninomiya's time at KCOP, the news operation was merged with KTTV, the Fox station in Los Angeles, as part of a duopoly
. Ninomiya appeared on the air for both Los Angeles television stations.
Reporter/Anchor
Prior to working in Los Angeles, Ninomiya was a
television station in Fresno.Early Anchoring
Ninomiya first appeared on the air as a television news anchor in 1989 when he was the weekday morning news anchor for
KIEM, the NBC television station in Eureka, California
. He also reported for that station.
Early career
Ninomiya's first appearance on television was in early 1989 at
Oakland
in 1987.
Education
Kent Ninomiya graduated
University of California at Berkeley and was a fellow of Journalism Ethics at the Poynter Institute.[7]
Current
Kent Ninomiya is a lawyer at Ninomiya Law, PLLC[8] specializing in mass media and social media law.[9]
References
- ^ "Kent Ninomiya American Journalism Review". Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Kent Ninomiya AAJA". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- ^ "Kent Ninomiya Asian Week article". Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Kent Ninomiya Asian Pages article" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ^ Kent Ninomiya University of Maryland report
- ^ Kent Ninomiya Broadcast pioneers article
- ^ "Kent Ninomiya". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
- ^ "ninomiyalaw.com". 2015-12-01. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
- ^ "kentninomiya.com". 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-18.