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
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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.
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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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