Washington Life Magazine
Washington Life Magazine


The laid-back new guy with the big smile and cool designer glasses broke the usual newscaster mold when he moved from San Diego to cover metro for WJLA-TV ABC- 7 News/NewsChannel 8 a year and a half ago. But don’t be fooled. Beyond the funky, earnest on-air charm is one intrepid reporter – and he’s got four Emmys to prove it.

WL: So, are you a SoCal surfer dude? KVC: I’m an awful surfer. It’s better for everyone if I never get in the water.

WL: Your spiked hair really set you apart from other on-air reporters here. What happened? KVC: My bosses asked me to tweak it a bit
And I can’t wear flip-flops to work! Back in San Diego they would pan down on my feet and have fun with it. That was the culture there.

WL: What do you like most about Washington? KVC: Everyone is up on everything that is going on in the world.

WL: Tell me about the “best reporter” Emmys you won in California. KVC: I got my first for live coverage of a brush fire, dangerously high surf and the California State Games. Another was for a piece about extreme skateboarding. I also received awards for stories about American sex offenders hiding in Mexico and others living inside a California state hospital.
WL: What scares you the most? KVC: A job where I don’t have fun anymore. Also having to part my hair, and climates where I can’t wear flip-flops.

WL: Most difficult assignment here so far? KVC: Waiting in the hall where they had gathered the families of the 32 Virginia Tech shooting victims. I heard the sobbing, felt the horror and shared their sense of loss – that’s when the tragedy really hit me. It was also hard covering 37 military funerals of people who didn’t make it back from Iraq and Afghanistan.

WL: How do you deal with all that? KVC: You learn to compartmentalize. My job is to tell the story

 



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