Kevin Ozebek

Kevin Ozebek a freelance journalist based in Athens, Greece.  Previously he was based in Istanbul, Turkey where he provided live updates on Turkey’s fight against ISIS for FOX News Channel’s On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, Canada’s CBC News and Ireland’s RTE News.  He also provided original reporting on the refugee crisis for TIME.   If you need help covering Europe and the Middle East, Kevin can get accurate information to your assignment desk and on-air rapidly.  He can produce, report, and file for on-line and in print.

Up until June of 2015, Kevin reported across South Florida and around the world as a General Assignment Reporter for Miami’s WSVN-TV.   He was one of two journalists behind the police line as officers and agents found and arrested Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.  Kevin also traveled to Newtown, CT to report on the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary. While vacationing in Beirut, Kevin reported live for WSVN-TV after a car bomb rocked part of the city.  During that trip he also traveled to Tripoli, Lebanon to shoot, edit and write stories about the flood of refugees crossing over from war torn Syria.

Also while at WSVN-TV, Kevin reported extensively and broke developements on the aftermath of the death of Trayvon Martin.  He made multiple trips to Sanford, Florida and provided live coverage as George Zimmerman appeared in court and as thousands rallied against the Sanford Police Department.  While in Sanford, he interviewed many of the key players of the story and was the only television reporter from a Miami station to be in the courtroom when George Zimmerman testified at his bond hearing.  Kevin also broke the news Zimmerman had another run in with police in May of last year.

Before working at WSVN-TV, Kevin worked at WBBH-TV in Fort Myers, Florida and WATE-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.