Soreath Hok
Host & ReporterSoreath Hok is a multimedia journalist with experience in radio, television and digital production. She is a 2022 National Edward R. Murrow Award winner. At KVPR she covers local government, politics and other local news.
Soreath began her journalism career in Fresno, graduating from Fresno State with a B.A. in English and minor in Mass Communication & Journalism. Her first media job at KFSR, the campus radio station, helped to launch her career in broadcast news. She worked as a producer at two Fresno stations, KMPH FOX 26 and KSEE 24, before moving to KCRA 3 in Sacramento.
After more than a decade behind-the-scenes as a producer, Soreath explored other creative outlets outside of news in advertising, marketing and social media. A Cambodian-American, Soreath has had the opportunity to report on mental health issues affecting the Cambodian community amongst survivors of the Khmer Rouge genocide in the 1970's. At KVPR, she completed a five-part series as a part of her 2022 California Fellowship with the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. She continues to explore this topic for the 2022-2023 Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism.
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Forecasters say the San Joaquin Valley will experience little relief from a heat wave strangling the Southwest this month. -
After much precipitation, the long-dry Tulare Lake is back — allowing a Native tribe to reconnect with the lake they had built their lives around. (Story aired on ATC on July 7, 2023.)
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After massive precipitation, the long-dry Tulare Lake is back. That's been hard on crops and homes, but has allowed the Tachi Yokut Tribe to reconnect with the lake they once built their lives around.
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Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s ‘Kingdoms of Asia’ opens with representation of Cambodian culture in Angkor Wat-inspired exhibit. -
The recharged Tulare Lake has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farms and communities in the region. But the return of the lake is a celebration for the Native American tribes that used to depend on the water as a way of life. -
The hospital says a reopening plan is needed to apply for the funding and a $250,000 cost to produce the plan is holding back those efforts. -
A proposed $1.85 billion budget calls for major increases in spending and the possibility of a voter-approved utility rate hike. -
Fresno County is still working out a plan to utilize travel trailers initially meant to be used as shelter for the county’s unhoused population. -
The “Distressed Hospital Loan Program” would make $150 million in state funds available to help struggling hospitals.
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Hospitals aren’t the only places in need of more nursing staff. The Madera County Jail is seeing an increased need too.
