Kyra Phillips Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! Switch editorYou have switched to source editingCloseYou can switch back to visual editing at any time by clicking on this icon.Visual editingSource editingMorePreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==Early life and career== Phillips was born in [[Illinois]],<ref name=blair>{{cite news|last=Blair |first=Tom |title=Kyra Phillips |date=March 26, 2008 |magazine=San Diego Magazine |url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/April-2008/Kyra-Phillips/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203095243/http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/April-2008/Kyra-Phillips/ |archive-date=February 3, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and grew up in the city of [[Jacksonville, Illinois|Jacksonville]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0812/16/cnr.05.html |title=CNN.com - Transcripts |publisher=Edition.cnn.com |date=2008-12-16 |access-date=2013-10-23}}</ref> In the fourth grade, she moved to [[San Diego, California]], where her parents became professors at [[San Diego State University]].<ref name=blair/> After graduating from [[Helix High School]],<ref name="high cost">{{cite news|first=Tom |last=Blair |title=The high cost of losing... |date=October 15, 2010 |newspaper=The San Diego Union-Tribune |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/15/the-high-cost-of-losing/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110040323/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/15/the-high-cost-of-losing/ |archive-date=November 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Phillips earned a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[journalism]] from [[University of Southern California]]. Among her first jobs in broadcasting were the positions of weekend anchor and reporter for [[WLUK-TV]] in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin]], before moving on to [[WDSU|WDSU-TV]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], in 1994. Phillips has also held positions as morning anchor for [[KAMC|KAMC-TV]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]], field producer for CNN-[[Telemundo]]’s [[Washington, D.C.]], offices and a journalist of the special assignment unit of [[KCBS-TV]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Phillips participates in the Brain Tumor Foundation for Children, T.A.P.S. (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors), Global Down Syndrome Foundation and [[Big Brothers Big Sisters of America]], which she has been involved with since 1992.<ref name="cnn.com">{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/phillips.kyra.html | title=CNN TV - Anchors/Reporters:Kyra Phillips | access-date=2010-05-07}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page