At KPIX-TV: Reported general assignment news for morning newscasts (with live shots every half hour from 5am to 7am), noon newscast and weekend newscasts (live and recorded); conducted live interviews; researched, pitched, produced and wrote reports.
At KIRO-TV and KPLR-TV: Reported general assignment, health and medical, and technology news (live and recorded); researched, pitched, produced and wrote reports.
Write about beauty and wellness on topics like how to get beautiful from the inside out, makeup application tips and reviews of beauty products, spas and restaurants.
"Out of 19,000 writers on Examiner.com, Sonja stands above and beyond. I shared her work and achievements with the entire Examiner.com community as an example of what every Examiner should strive for." - Lindsay Galloway, Examiner.com Category Manager
Researched and field produced for domestic and foreign correspondents and producers of Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and The Today Show.
Interviewed doctors, scientists, patients and national news figures such as former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Rob Reiner for general assignment, science and medical news reports.
Arranged and field produced shooting of interviews and b-roll around the country.
Produced on-location live-shot for The Today Show.
Produced editing of Sunrise andThe Today Show news reports.
Determined newsworthiness of breaking science/medical news for Nightly News and The Today Show.
Filled in as weekend assignment editor.
Science Reporting Intern
The Next Step
San Francisco, CA
1/93 to 12/93
Assisted host and reporter Richard Hart with The Next Step, a series of technology reports seen and heard on KRON-TV and other NBC television affiliates, CBS news radio stations and The Discovery Channel.
Pre-interviewed experts such as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, helped choose video, pitched and researched news reports.
Honors and Awards
Telly, Remy (Houston International Film Festival), Aegis, and Axiem Awards for narration in EdgarVille, an interactive exhibit about the national airspace system, which was developed by NASA in conjunction with the FAA and was exhibited at Rockefeller Plaza, the NASA Ames Exploration Center, airports nationwide and at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (2004).
Telly, OMNI, Silicon Valley International JOEY, and Axiem Award for narration of the Journey to the Planets exhibit, which was featured at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose (2001).
American Heart Association Eugene Field Media Award for KPLR-TV report on holiday stroke syndrome (1997).
Missouri Nurses Association Media Award for KPLR-TV investigative report on the use of laundry and cleaning staff to perform nursing duties at hospitals (1997).
Missouri Department of Mental Health Media Award for KPLR-TV report on seasonal affective disorder (1997).
Ohio State University William D. Stewart Memorial Broadcast Lectureship on competing for airtime on network news (1994).
Graduate Science Communication Program, a world-renowned program that admits ten students per year (left early to accept a job offer from NBC Network News).
Bachelor of Science in Communication Studies with a concentration in science journalism and studies in the Medill School of Journalism. Additional coursework in computer programming, astronomy, public speaking, marketing and environmental history.
