Steve Crump

Steve Crump
Born 1957
Louisville, Kentucky
Residence Charlotte, North Carolina
Alma mater Trinity High School (Louisville)
Eastern Kentucky University
Occupation Filmmaker
Journalist
Awards 4 National Headliner Awards
The Gabriel Award
The Sigma Delta Chi Award

Steve Crump is an award-winning African-American journalist, documentary film producer, and current television reporter for WBTV. He is a graduate of Louisville's Trinity High School, and Eastern Kentucky University.[1]

Crump is most known for his regional Emmy Awards for stories ranging from Apartheid in South Africa to civil rights in the American South. He also has earned a number of other awards including four National Headliner Awards, the Gabriel Award, and more than a dozen first-place honors from the National Association of Black Journalists, as well as organizations like Sigma Delta Chi and Sister Cities International.[1]

In 2016, Crump was named the "2016 Journalist of the Year" by the National Association of Black Journalists.[2]

Background

Crump was born in 1957 in Louisville's Smoketown neighborhood. He graduated from Trinity High School in the Class of 1975. He attended Eastern Kentucky University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications.[1][3]

Early Career

Crump's career began in 1980, when he got a job as a DJ in Richmond, Kentucky. This job got him noticed by WSAV-TV, an NBC-affiliated television station, where he acquired an internship and was soon placed in front of the camera due to his iconic, booming voice.[4][5]

Crump also worked for news stations in Orlando, Florida, Lexington, Kentucky, and Detroit, Michigan, as well an independent producer for Charlotte’s WTVI, BET, and Charlotte’s PBS affiliate before coming to WBTV.[5]

Filmography

Below is an incomplete filmography of Steve Crump's Works, listed by order of release:

Title Year Role Ref(s)
Carolina Concerns and the New South Africa 1994 Producer [4]
Carolina Bebop Kings 2002 Producer [6]
Forgotten at the Finish Line 2002 Producer [1]
Lessons from the Lunch Counter 2004 Producer [4]
Before Rosa: The Unsung Contributions of Sarah May Fleming 2005 Producer [4]
Louisville's Own Ali 2007 Director and Producer [7]
Sitting in to Move Forward 2009 Producer [4]
Sojourn of the Strings 2010 Producer [4]
9/4/57 2010 Producer [4][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Steve Crump: Trinity Hall of Fame". Trinity High School (Louisville). Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Turner, April (27 April 2016). "Steve Crump Named NABJ Journalist of the Year In a Small or Medium-Sized Market". National Association of Black Journalists. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Steve Crump". WBTV. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Solender, Michael (9 March 2011). "Steve Crump finds niche in revealing African American History". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 "2016 National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence Program". National Association of Black Journalists. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Crump, Steve (18 February 2002). "Celebrating Carolina's Bebop Kings". Charlotte Busisness Journal. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Louisville's Own Ali". KET. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Library's Black History Month Series features four Steve Crump films". WBTV. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
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