Meet Faculty

School of Multimedia Communications

 Faculty

Jan Yanehiro Director of Multimedia Communications For more than 15 years, Jan Yanehiro has said that she has “the best job in the world.” From 1975 to 1990, Jan hosted Evening Magazine, a pioneering nightly program on KPIX TV in San Francisco. With this program the magazine format for television was born. Jan is a legendary and groundbreaking broadcaster, known industry-wide as one of the very first journalists in the world to bring video out into the field and report on the scene. As the founding co-host of Evening Magazine, she traveled the world in search of extraordinary people and places. Jan was honored with an Emmy award for her work on Evening Magazine. She holds many other honors including: the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award from the United Nations of San Francisco; Induction into the Academy of Television and Radio Hall of Fame; Silver Circle Inductee of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences; and Woman of Distinction, Girl Scouts.

Steve Kotton Associate Director of Multimedia Communications Steve Kotton has more than 25 years of experience in visual communication productions.  He is the co-owner and Director of Production of New Material, Inc., a state of the art digital facility syndicated for broadcast and the Web.  Under the direction of Steve, New Material, Inc. has produced many notable award-winning projects.  Prior to founding New Material, Inc., Steve was the Director of Digital Education Productions and a Producer and Director at HGTV, the History Channel, and the DIY Network.  His prior company, Pacific Video Resources, was a highly successful digital studio that produced corporate and creative broadcasts and webcasts. Steve has produced and directed dozens of live-satellite broadcasts and webcasts, live action and VFX for video games, and syndicated series. His corporate clients have included Apple Computer, Bechtel, Burson Marsteller, Compaaq, Chevron, Foote Cone & Belding, Intel, Lockheed, Levi Strauss, McDonald’s, Novell, Oracle, and more. He is the winner of numerous awards, including four regional Emmys, the Telly Award, the NEA Golden Apple, and the Cindy Award.

• Steve Fox – Former correspondent, Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline on ABC; Media Director, Burson Marsteller
• Michael Hoff – President, Michael Hoff Productions; produces shows for Discovery Channel, National Geographic, Animal Planet, Women’s Entertainment Network   and the Travel Channel
• Jim Parker – Director of Internet Operations, KPIX TV
• Pat Patton – Station Manager, KRON TV
• Jenna Zimmerman – Asst. Culinary Producer, Food Network
• Christa Resing – Producer, Bay Café, KRON TV
• Cheryl Jennings – News Anchor, KGO TV
• Richard Hart – Next Step Reports and Livescience.com
• Emerald Yeh – Former Anchor Reporter, CNN, KRON TV
• Pam Moore – News Anchor, KRON TV
• Ken Kashiwahara – former ABC Network News Correspondent
• Sydnie Kohara – News Anchor, KPIX TV
• Janice S. Gin – Associate New Director, KTVU TV
• Wendy Tokuda – Anchor KPIX TV
• Liam Mayclem – Host, “Eve on the Bay,” KPIX TV
• Janelle Wang – Host, “View from the Bay,” KGO TV
• Spencer Christian – Meteorologist, Host, “View from the Bay,” KGO TV
• Don Bleu – DJ, Star 101.3