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Since arriving at KITV-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii as an intern in 1986, Keoki Kerr has covered the business and police beats, as well as being a fill-in anchor, producer, assignment editor and associate producer. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Kerr started his journalism career when he was 16 years old, working as a radio reporter and news anchor while still in high school. He went on to be a reporter, anchor, news director and general manager at radio stations in Hawaii, Massachusetts and New York. He worked as a congressional press aide in Washington D.C., where he was also an editorial assistant for National Public Radio. [CR-LF][CR-LF]He has been a freelance correspondent for ABC Radio News and National Public Radio, and has written for several publications, including Honolulu Magazine and Honolulu Weekly. Mr. Kerr is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Radio TV News Directors Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He also co-produces the Gridiron Show in Honolulu, which raises money for SPJ internships and continuing education for journalists. [CR-LF][CR-LF]In 2003, Mr. Kerr won three first-place awards for government and business reporting in a statewide Society of Professional Journalists contest. In previous years, the SPJ and Common Cause Hawaii have honored him for his reporting on government ethics. [CR-LF][CR-LF]Mr. Kerr was born and raised in Hawaii. He is a Punahou School graduate. In 1990, he received an undergraduate degree in government from Hamilton College in New York.

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