Starting out as a reporter/host /producer in the cable industry, Debbie has worked her way up the ladder utilizing her interview skills, tenacity and creative instincts.  As a broadcast journalism graduate of Columbia College in Chicago, she was hired by Multimedia Cablevision as a reporter, anchor and producer for their daily magazine program, Outlook.

Debbie then went on to work as a VJ (host) and field producer for Solid Rock Video, a national weekly music video show on the ACTS/Family Network for three years.  As the shows VJ, she interviewed top recording artists and produced many of the shows feature programs and road trips

For the last 20 years, Debbie has been the Midwest field producer for EXTRA (NBC) and also works for E! Entertainment, Lifetime, VH1, and many others.  She has covered a wide variety of stories, set visits, events and movie premieres. Over the years she has interviewed  celebrities like: 

Oprah,Tom Hanks, Brittany Spears, Kevin Costner, Ellen, John Goodman, Rosie O’Donnell, George Clooney, Celine Dion, Nicole Kidman, Miley Cyrus, Tiger Woods, John Kennedy Jr., Mariah Carey,  Jim Belushi,  Dan Akroyd, Jane Lynch, Johnny Depp, Christian Slater, Jennifer Hudson, Dennis Rodman, Matt Damon, Garth Brooks, Terrance Howard,  Steve Harvey, and many others. 


Debbie also hosted a weekly radio entertainment show on Chicago’s WONU 89.7 and was a free-lance promotions writer for NBC.

Along with working in the field of television, Debbie works as Producer/Director for various Midwest live productions and special events.  These Premier events have included :

-   The Chicago Films Critics Awards - Sr. Producer
-   The Chicago Comedy Awards - Sr. Producer
-    Right Nation -  Sr. Producer
-    CPAC Chicago - Producer
-    Moms USA -  Sr. Producer
-    TLN - 25th Anniversary Banquet - Producer

Plus various  fundraisers, concerts, charity fashion  shows, 
 and conferences. 
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From Chicago's top entertainment stories to the Midwest's largest political events to the Chicago Film Critics Awards Show - Debbie K has been there to cover, develop and produce each of them.