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Kent Ninomiya was the first
Asian American man to be primary news anchor for an American television station. The Asian American Journalist Association or
AAJA notes that there are a great number of Asian American women on the air in the
United States but very few Asian American men. This is especially true when it comes to anchoring positions. Kent Ninomiya was the first Asian American man to make it to the top job. He is a nationally known television news anchor, reporter and writer.
Ninomiya was named primary news anchor for
KSTP in Minneapolis-St Paul in 2003. His co-anchor was
Harris Faulkner, an African American female. The all minority main anchor team in a predominently white television market was heralded as a bold step forward by journalist organizations across the country. He also served as
managing editor and main anchor for
WICD in Champaign in 2005 and 2006.
Kent Ninomiya was born in
San Francisco and raised in
San Diego. He graduated from the
University of California at Berkeley in 1988. He earned a bachelor's degree in
Social Sciences with an emphasis in
History,
Political Science and
Mass Communications.
Ninomiya's career began behind the scenes working and interning for
KTVU in Oakland in 1987,
KGO in San Francisco in 1988, and the Washington D.C. bureau of
CNN in 1988. His first appearance on the air was at
WGGB, the
ABC television station in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1989. Ninomiya worked there as an assignment editor/reporter. He then moved on to anchor the morning news and report for
KIEM, the
NBC television station in Eureka, California in 1989 and 1990. Kent Ninomiya worked as a news reporter and fill-in anchor for
KJEO the
CBS television station in Fresno in 1990,
KFSN the ABC owned and operated television station in Fresno in 1990, and
KGTV the ABC television station in San Diego from 1991 to 1993. At the age of 26, Kent Ninomiya was hired by
WLS the ABC owned and operated television station in Chicago. He was one of the youngest reporters ever hired in that news market. He reported there for five years from 1993 to 1998.
Kent Ninomiya was then promoted to full time anchoring assignments. He was the weekday 5am - 7am morning news anchor for KGO, the ABC owned and operated television station in San Francisco in 1999 and 2000. While there he worked with several prominent co-anchors including Beth Spicuza, Carolyn Johnson and Elizabeth Bermudez. Ninomiya also anchored weekend evenings for
KCOP in Los Angeles from 2001 to 2003. His co-anchors in LA included
Gina Silva, Jennifer Gould, Maria Quiban and
Lauren Sanchez. While working at KCOP the station became part of a duopoly with LA's FOX station
KTTV. He filed live news reports for both stations. Kent Ninomiya is a prolific writer who pens articles on a wide range of subjects. He is also the managing editor of EmergingDragon.com, a web site for
Americans looking to benefit from an emerging
Asia and
Pacific Rim.
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