Hello, I'm
Stephanie Lin
Award-winning TV Journalist
About Stephanie
Stephanie is an award-winning TV anchor based in San Francisco with experience in local, national, and international newsrooms. Her reporting has taken viewers to the frontlines of California's devastating wildfires, given voice to the afflicted and shut-down consumer scams. She has particular interest in politics, technology, and AAPI community affairs. Stephanie believes in the power of storytelling to bridge differences between people and bring the world closer together.
Stephanie is a 2019 AP Award winner for Best Reporter and a Diversity Leadership Fellow with the Society of Professional Journalists. Stephanie received two Emmy awards in 2022 for her Breaking News coverage of the Caldor Fire, and three Emmy nominations for her coverage of the Dixie Fire, the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, and Sacramento's social justice movement after the death of George Floyd.
Stephanie has covered many high-profile events, including multiple megafires, the Half Moon Bay and San Jose VTA railyard mass shootings, and the state's response to the COVID-19 outbreak. She was KCRA 3's lead reporter on Black Lives Matter demonstrations that spanned across the Sacramento region during the pandemic. Stephanie also covered the 2006 people's uprising against Taiwanese President Chen Shui-Bian.
Stephanie began her news career at the 24-hour cable news channel in Asia, TTV. She then joined the ABC 20/20 team, where she worked on long-form, investigative stories alongside senior producers. She also held stints at the TODAY Show, CNBC, SNL, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Stephanie is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the NBC Page Program. Prior to working in TV news, Stephanie produced global marketing campaigns for top-grossing mobile apps in the Silicon Valley, where she also represented major entertainment brands, including Marvel, LucasFilm and Hasbro on-camera.