WSVN 7 News Craig Stevens

     At the newsdesk with Craig Stevens and Co-Anchor Belkesy Nerey

North Bay Village, Fla.-From the wicked cold beaches of Cape Cod to the tall palm trees of Miami, Craig Stevens, an anchor with more than 25 years of experience in the industry, has climbed his way up the journalism ladder to become lead anchor at WSVN 7 News in North Bay Village, Florida. He currently anchors with Belkeys Nerey and they have become the longest standing anchor duo in South Florida history.

Stevens became interested as a teenager in journalism when he began watching and reading current events and visiting news stations. Years later, he would end up working at the NBC News mailroom in New York City. He soon was transferred to work for the NBC affiliate in Fort Myers as a reporter. From there, he went to Miami in 1992, then to WHDH, WSVN’s sister station in Boston and then back to Miami at WSVN. 

All the years of anchoring and reporting many stories have impacted him. One was back in 1992 after Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida. He was jaw dropped by the damage done by the hurricane’s destruction. Not only did Hurricane Andrew impact him but also 9/11 had an impact on him because not only because of the scale of it all but because he had just started as an anchor at WSVN that same year. 

By working at WSVN for more than a decade, Stevens says his station is very successful due to its large audience share along with many faces who have worked there for a long period of time and the mission it follows has not changed. Part of what makes WSVN unique is that it’s not a corporate-owned station, in fact, it’s a station owned and run by Real Estate Mogul Ed Ansin.

He balances a high demand job, even while working as a professor at the University of Miami School of Communications. As a professor, he is always very organized and project driven. As a journalist though, his job has resulted in him missing major events in his life.

What many don’t know about Craig Stevens is that he is a huge country music fan, learns guitar lessons by watching videos on YouTube but ironically can’t read music.

Some advice Stevens would give to future journalists would be to always be prepared to be the best on TV, have a strong determination, accept everything and never say no to an opportunity even if it comes with sacrifice.