Kyra Phillips

==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>