Kenneth Burns is an anchor and reporter for WHYY. He most recently worked for WYPR where his coverage of the Freddie Gray police trials won a National Headliner Award. He worked for several commercial broadcasting outlets as a reporter, anchor and producer in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metro areas prior to joining public media.
The native Marylander is a graduate of Towson University and Anne Arundel Community College.
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