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KDKA’s Kristine Sorensen launches Kidsburgh’s new Kidcast webcast

Being a mom is the most rewarding job, but it’s also one of the hardest.  That’s why I love working with Kidsburgh, producing a weekly story on KDKA-TV and radio for the past two years.  It helps me know about all the great things to do in our area with kids.  I’m constantly inspired by the ideas, crafts and events featured on the website and the stories I get to report every week for KDKA.

My biggest challenge as a parent is time — there’s never enough!  With three kids, ages 8 to 13, a full-time job and so many other things I love to do, I’m always looking for ways to allow me to spend more time with my family.  That’s why I wanted to create an even easier way for you to get your Kidsburgh news — in a 5-minute weekly webcast called Kidcast.  It will have Kidsburgh’s top news, events and a brief interview on a timely topic with some great advice for parents and kids.  In a new webcast that comes out every Wednesday, we’ll help your child develop their superpowers in just 5 minutes.

The web has changed the way we get our news. Now, you can get just the part you want.  I’ve channeled all I learned from anchoring the news for 20 years into creating my own “newscast” for the news I want and I think parents will want — information to make us better parents and improve the lives of our children.

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Kristine Sorensen conducts an interview in Point Park University’s Center for Media Innovation.

From the thousands of people I’ve interviewed hosting Pittsburgh Today Live for 11 years, I found the best experts to help us.  How lucky are we that Dr. G, parenting expert on the Today Show and other national news outlets, lives in Pittsburgh!  I’ve used her practical parenting advice many times with my own kids, and they can even recite her mantras.  Registered dietician Leslie Bonci, who gives nutritional advice to professional athletes, is going to help us nourish our children.  And the top doctors at UPMC are going to help us make sure our kids are healthy and using their superpowers to their fullest potential.

And while we’re helping our own kids, I’m excited to be helping broadcasting students in the process.  Students in Point Park University’s journalism major are helping produce the webcast at their new Center for Media Innovation studio, thanks to funding from the Grable Foundation’s campaign to help all kids realize their superpowers as they head back to school.

I hope you’ll watch the Kidcast weekly, either on your own or with your kids so they know what’s happening, too.  Maybe stream Kidcast together at the breakfast table on your iPad or watch on the computer while you’re making dinner. You can catch Kidcast on your phone, too, while you’re waiting in the car for your kids.

If you like it, share it!  We all have to help each other as parents, and this is just one more way to make our lives a little easier.

I hope you’ll give me feedback on what you like and what you want to see in the Kidcast.  Please write comments on my KDKA Facebook page.

Where to find Kidcast every week:

Kidsburgh.org under the new Kidcast tab

NEXTpittsburgh.com under the Kidsburgh tab

KDKA.com/Kidsburgh