Co-host of ‘Sispreneur Stories,’ the irresistible business podcast where entrepreneurial sisters discuss Black women defying the odds while running successful companies.

Kontji is the creator of the Youdle platform that helps consumers know groceries are on the store shelf before they drive.

• Lead presenter for main newscasts.• Help to locate, shape and report news on TV and in web articles.• Help various community stakeholders tailor narratives that resonate with our audience.• Frame news reports in the proper context to communicate with force and clarity in response to news releases, media pitches, event invites, and social media.• Create and maintain strategic community partnerships via engagement and public speaking.• Covered the state and local government beat for 10 years.• Wrote reports that aired on The Today Show, CNN and E! News Network.

WNCT-TV (CBS) Morning and Noon Anchor, Noon Producer, Hostess• Newscast presenter and producer, tasked with determining what content was newsworthy.• Selected which media pitches would be granted in-studio interviews.• Hosted local HGTV “Do It Yourself” home improvement show and covered film press junkets in Los Angeles.AWARD: Associated Press, Best Enterprise Reporting

News Reporter and Fill-in Anchor for Good Day Sacramento:• Wrote and presented on-air daily newscasts.• Maintained partnership with The Daily Reflector Newspaper to publish convergent TV and newspaper reports.

KBAK-TV Reporter, Anchor, Weather Presenter, Producer 1996 — 1999• Chronicled daily news and weather reports through live and enterprising TV reporting, anchoring and producing.AWARDS: Best Reporter, CA Veterans of Foreign Wars 1997, 1998.

KTVO (ABC) Reporter, Anchor, Producer, Videographer and Video Editor• Wrote, reported, produced, shot and edited video and presented news stories for daily TV newscasts.

• All-around gopher.• Assisted newsroom staff in the production of daily newscasts and interviewed various subjects for air.