I’m an award-winning journalist, a podcaster and an experienced international journalism trainer and lecturer. I freelanced on the digital audio team and as a producer -writer at CNBC. I spent ten years as a CBS News correspondent and many more years working as a local TV reporter in New York City at WWOR, WNBC and WPIX. For over a decade I’ve lectured at Anglo-American University in Prague, Czech Republic where, with my video-editor husband Frank Herold, I’ve taught street reporting and news video production. I’ve done on-site journalism training for the US State Department and various non profits  –  helping journalists from the Czech Republic, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia and Poland transition to a free press. I own The Fred Group Ltd – a media production and consulting company.  I’m also on the board of the New York City Press Club, the primary organization for newspeople in the NYC area. I’m a graduate of Boston University.  I’m @stephanishelton on X(Twitter). Also on Bluesky, Threads, Tiktok and Facebook. And you can find me here on LinkedIn.