Tamara Christian

Award winning Photojournalist with a portfolio of eye-catching stories evoking emotion through finely crafted composition.

Proficient in managing shoots, interviews, meetings and deadlines; with colleagues, corporations, government entities and public interviews. It is my priority to relay respect and integrity with everyone I meet as to insure trust with me and our organization.

Deadline-driven, adept at quickly turning around long-form features easily adapted for short-form content. Detail-oriented, organized and meticulous about the content we create for our viewers.

Works at fast pace to meet tight deadlines. Enthusiastic team player ready to contribute to company success. Dedicated Photographer exhibiting true love for craft, art and science of photography process. Seasoned professional at using camera lenses, controls and composition to capture stunning results.

Consistently enhancing creative insight through projects and professional workshops. Creative Photographer with extensive experience capturing stunning images and creating visually compelling content. Innovative with comprehensive understanding of camera settings, lighting techniques and digital editing tools.

In addition to photography, I lead a team of investigative reporters, where I researched stories, produced content, provided footage through undercover work and wrote news/web scripts with hyperlinks to relay transparacy into our investigations.

News-driven Photojournalist with staions across California and WTNH in Connecticut. I've been in TV news for 17-years experience in metro and national coverage.

I've produce live "Problem Solvers," segements for KBAK in Bakersfied where I booked top experts to address major concers of our viewers.

Professional Achievements

Emmy Nomination Honors- 2017 KOVR Norther California Chapter Consumer Producer for Outstanding Achievement Specialty Assignment Report "Call Kurtis Vets Journey, Dog Lab Research, DNA Quads"

Emmy Nomination Honors- 2017 KOVR Norther California Chapter Consumer Producer for Outstanding Achievement Specialty Assignment Report "Call Kurtis Investigates: The State Stole My Money"

Emmy Nomination Honors- 2016 KOVR Norther California Chapter Consumer Producer for Outstanding Achievement Specialty Assignment Report "Call Kurtis Investigates: Dirty Dealings"

Emmy Award-2016 KOVR Northern California Chapter Consumer Producer for Outstanding Achievement Specialty Assignment Report "Call Kurtis Gets Results"

Emmy Nomination Honors- 2015 KOVR Norther California Chapter Consumer Producer for Outstanding Achievement Specialty Assignment Report "Call Kurtis Gets Results"

Society of Professional Journalism- 2014 First Place as an Investigative Producer/Photojournalist at WTNH for an Investigative Series; "When The State Empties Veteran Bank Accounts and "Distracted, Unwatched Drivers"

Emmy Nomination-2013 WTNH The Boston/New England Chapter. Investigative Producer “Do As I Say, Not As I Park”

Golden Mike Award – 2011 KBAK Investigative Producer - Best Hard News Series Reporting “Project Pit Bull”

Emmy Award – 2009 KBAK Pacific Southwest Chapter Photojournalist – “The War Within, a Look at PTSD”

Kern Press Club Award – 2008 KBAK Excellence for Television Feature Photography "B-17 Nat Package"

Memberships: LinkedIn for Journalist, Society Professional Journalist, WordPress, NATAS, RTDNA AND IRE/NICAR.

Kern County Sheriff's Department Community Academy Class

I come from a family of farmers who taught me how to care for the soil and the fruit bearing plants to care for. I was told by my great grandfather you take care of your land and the land will feed you. I take that same philosophy in my personal and professional life.  This priceless advice inspired me to study environmental science and to lean about the planet we care for but that was a side dish to my forever love of journalism. I appreciated the love of science, yet for me the narrative was similar, in essence, both science and journalism are similar in that they endlessly pursue and search for the truth. That's when I found my purpose, the constant search for the real story, and not getting lost in the vines. 

I began my journey of journalism with my high school news paper and college news paper. Though I was always eager to lear more about media I worked at a local radio station in Los Angeles KROQ, where I landed the opportunity book guest for the night time talk show " Love Line," with Dr. Drew.  Several years later I moved to Arizona and was given the opportunity to  join The Sonoran News Parer where I wrote stories on people and the land they occupied. After a couple af years I got the call to join friends in the film industry to work on commercials and music videos, those days were very rewarding but my pursuit to tell stories of people who were not in the spotlight to me were more compelling and important. . For me the love of journalism pulsed through my blood. That's where my journey into TV news could no longer be denied. I leaped and never looked back.   

I feel extremely fortunate to tell the life and stories of people in our community, though the lens I can help to tell their story with humanity and integrity. I think our mission as journalist is not only to inform but to give a glimpse of what it's like to see another's perspective, relate or to become informed.