Stephen Stock

Stephen Stock
Born Stephen Michael Stock
Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Status married
Education Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation Investigative Reporter
Years active 1983–present
Home town Swannanoa, North Carolina
Television KNTV NBC Bay Area
Investigative Reporter: NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit
(2012-present)
WFOR CBS4 Miami
Investigative Reporter: CBS4 I-Team
(2007-2012)
WESH NBC Orlando affiliate
Chief Investigative Reporter: WESH 2 I-Team
(2005-2007)
NBC News Channel, MSNBC
Florida & Southeast Regional Contributing Correspondent
(1996-2007)
WESH NBC Orlando affiliate
Ocala, FL, Bureau Chief
(1991-2005)
WYFF NBC affiliate
Anderson, SC, Bureau Chief
(1987-1991)
WECT NBC affiliate
Senior Investigative Reporter, Weekend Anchor/Producer
(1986-1987)
WDBJ CBS affiliate
(1983-1986)
Spouse(s) Lynn Peithman Stock (1985–present)
Children Michael Stock
Website
www.stephenstock.com

Stephen Stock is an award-winning investigative reporter with NBC Bay Area, KNTV, which covers the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a lead investigative reporter with the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit, and works alongside chief investigative reporter Tony Kovaleski, Jenna Susko, Vicky Nguyen, and Elyce Kirchner. Prior to joining the team in California, Stock spent the previous twenty years reporting in Florida. From 2007-2012, Stock worked for WFOR in Miami as a member of the CBS4 I-Team, and before that was the chief investigative reporter and founding member of WESH's I-Team in Orlando from 2005-2007.

Education

After graduating with honors from Owen High School in Swannanoa, NC in 1979, Stephen went on to pursue his Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He majored in Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures and graduated with the Class of 1983.

Professional career

Recently, Stock exposed the details behind the relationship between the principle executives of Google and NASA Ames. That relationship allows Google's principles to park their private airplanes on taxpayer property. The story prompted U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley to call for a congressional investigation.[1]

Stephen uncovered widespread unregulated fracking in the state of California, which triggered action on the part of Governor Jerry Brown to announce closer scrutiny of the practice.[2]

Stephen and the investigative unit uncovered questions about a toxic EPA superfund site and its effects on residents living over it in Mountain View and Moffett Field, CA.

He also has investigated a rise in the number of mid-air close calls between airplanes over San Francisco Bay.

According to his website,

NBC Bay Area investigative reporter Stephen Stock’s work has prompted changes in both federal law and policy. His joint investigation with CBS's 60 Minutes into Medicare fraud prompted Congressional leaders to change federal law. The multiple part investigation won Florida's Associated Press' Best in Show and the Society of Professional Journalists' Green Eyeshade Awards Best in Television and Best Investigative Work.

Stephen's investigation in airline pilots falling asleep in the cockpit also ended with the FAA changing flight rules to ensure that pilots get more rest. His exposure of troubled day cares throughout the state forced the State of Florida to change the way it monitors and tracks day cares that fail to comply with state regulations.

Stephen also has won four regional Edward R. Murrow and three Suncoast Regional Emmy awards for his work at CBS4 in Miami. Stock was named an Ethics Fellow at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg in 2004. He has also twice been named a finalist for the national IRE award.[3]

His bio on the NBC Investigative Unit page also says "For thirty years, Stephen Stock has covered everything from hurricanes to space shuttles, FEMA to mysterious truck fires" and that "His work has prompted Congressional hearings and changed state laws."[4]

He is also a member of IRE, Investigative Reporters and Editors.[5]

Career History

Stephen Stock joined KNTV in January 2012 after working with WFOR, the CBS owned-and-operated station in Miami, FL, for five years.[6] Prior to his time spent in Miami, Stock had worked for WESH in Orlando, FL for more than a decade and a half.[7] Stock covered regional and national news for NBC News Channel and MSNBC as a Florida & Southeast regional contributing correspondent during this time as well.

In total, Stephen has almost thirty years of journalism experience, and has also worked for WYFF in Greenville, SC, WECT in Wilmington, NC, and WDBJ in Roanoke, VA.

In a Sun-Sentinel article written in June 2011, Stephen said that he fell in love with journalism in seventh grade, and that he hoped his legacy will be that of someone who made a difference.[8]

Awards

Stephen has won numerous awards for his work in media, including:[9]

References

  1. ↑ Republican Senator Questions Google's Use of Moffett Field NBC Bay Area
  2. ↑ Gov. Jerry Brown says he's studying 'fracking' in California LA Times
  3. ↑ WelcomeStephen Stock
  4. ↑ NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit KNTV
  5. ↑ IRE members start investigative unit at KNTVIRE
  6. ↑ KNTV Hires Investigative Reporter Stephen StockMediabistro
  7. ↑ Veteran WESH reporter heads to Miami Orlando TV News
  8. ↑ Tom Jicha asks WFOR's Stephen Stock 5 questionsSun Sentinel
  9. ↑ About Stephen Stock

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