Steve Crump
Reporter
Charlotte, NC
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Steve has been honored with several Regional Emmy Awards, Four National Headliner Awards, National Association of Black Journalists Salute to Excellence, NAACP Legal Defense Fund Humanitarian of the Year, and the National Council of Negro Women man of the year Charlotte Chapters.
Independent Documentary Producer for Charlotte Public Television WTVI. Honors include unsung hero Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
Independent Producer for WFAE Public radio winner of a regional Edward R. Murrow Award, Green Eyeshade, National Sigma Delta Chi Public Service Award, Carolinas RTNDA Award, and national RTNDA Unity Award all for the community radio "Trust Matters".
Documentaries have been showcased by the Smithsonian and recognized by the Library of Congress and the Museum of Broadcast Communications, as well as several regional and national film festivals.
He's been recognized as "The Distinguished Achiever of the Year", Louisville Chestnut Street YMCA Black Achievers Program...also, "Man of the Year" from the National Council of Negro Women and "Humanitarian of the Year" from the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund, Charlotte chapters.
He started as a reporter/Anchor for WKYT-TV, Lexington, KY before moving onto becoming a Reporter/Anchor for WFTV-TV, Orlando, FL; Reporter/Anchor for WSAV-TV, Savannah, GA; Reporter/Host, public affairs program, WJBK, Detroit, MI; free-lance correspondent with Black Entertainment Television; independent documentary Producer for WTVI, Charlotte, NC
Education
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Steve Crump
The Double Door Inn was open on Charlottetowne Avenue from 1973 until 2017.
Updated: May. 22, 2023 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Grammy Award-winning singer and Charlotte native Anthony Hamilton was on the receiving end of an honorary degree.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2023 at 8:01 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
George Shinhoster, a former Charlotte businessman, maintained a close relationship with Dr. King.
Updated: Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:00 AM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Attorney Ben Crump holds on to his deep Carolina roots.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2023 at 10:01 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
J.R. Covington has seen his cherished place of worship evolve into a revolving door of grief.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 10:16 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
The Army’s 555 parachute infantry battalion was the nation’s first Black paratrooper infantry.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 10:25 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
This past Sunday’s rainy weather didn’t dampen the deep admiration for Judge Shirley Fulton.
Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 9:48 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Former Charlotte Mayor Harvey Gantt was celebrated for blazing a newfound trail at his college alma mater.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 7:38 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Dr. King frequented the coastal South Carolina region frequently to plan and worship.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Dr. King left behind a number of close friendships with Charlotte-area activists.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 7:32 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Hidden beneath Charlotte’s skyline is a new addition of a community art creation that does more than imitate life.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 10:28 AM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Cities, towns, and oceanfront communities all went into action to avoid standing in harm’s way.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 3:52 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
This isn’t Jeff Wilson’s first rodeo. He and his crops have survived a number of past hurricanes, including Hugo.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 10:37 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Closing the books on unsolved homicides is an urgent undertaking for the Gaston County Police Department.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 11:28 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
In the case of Dorothy Counts-Scoggins, stirring flashbacks from day one at Harding High School are hard to turn loose.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 1:33 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
As a journalist, some stories have a strong personal connection, and that’s the case with flooding in Eastern Kentucky which left 39 people dead.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 7:51 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Despite a number of mountain-top moments, the past 12 months continue to offer sobering perspectives.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 11:25 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
During his long life and career, Bruton Smith made many friends and one of them was Humpy Wheeler.
Updated: Jun. 20, 2022 at 10:02 AM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Personal reflections of the slave trade locally and internationally mean processing a series of uncomfortable truths.
Updated: Jun. 13, 2022 at 10:06 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
For decades, Mrs. Alexander served as the secretary for the North Carolina NAACP and had a front-row seat to change and history in our community.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 12:27 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Summerton will be linked to sites connected to the Brown cases in Delaware, Virginia, and Kansas.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 11:26 AM EDT
|By Steve Crump
This past weekend’s supermarket shooting in Buffalo jolted her brother, Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham, into a jarring flashback.
Updated: May. 3, 2022 at 10:57 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
For decades, Loonis McGlohon earned the reputation of being known as Charlotte’s music man.
Updated: Apr. 18, 2022 at 11:50 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Doby signed with the Cleveland Indians shortly after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 7:51 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
“He was always looking at how he could improve the community and how he could pay it forward,” one friend said.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2022 at 7:33 AM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Emotional overload best describes the impact of a Final Four win.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
According to basketball great Cedric Cornbread Maxwell, the name behind an attractive game in town was the UNCC 49ers.
Updated: Mar. 21, 2022 at 10:21 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
It was billed as a party with a purpose, and over the weekend the festive gathering raised money for higher education.
Updated: Mar. 14, 2022 at 7:38 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Appearances reveal evidence of unfinished business as communities across Western Kentucky attempt to bounce back from its battle against nature more than three months later.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 10:52 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Humming machines wipe away storm debris, and a personal spirit of recovery continues in the hearts and hands of committed individuals.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 9:11 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
In a city applauded for having strong ties to international financial markets, parts of Charlotte exist in what’s known as banking desserts.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 10:07 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Attracting students to the competitive fields of science and technology is an ongoing challenge for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and it appears one local HBCU is getting one big assist.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2022 at 10:57 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
At Fayetteville V.F.W. Post 6018, survivors of previous conflicts pass the time by playing pinochle.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 10:48 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
One man’s cherished memories are fueling flashbacks of America’s unsettled past.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2022 at 9:30 PM EST
|By Dedrick Russell and Steve Crump
As many of you know, January is the month that we celebrate the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 11:09 AM EST
|By Steve Crump
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was explaining what unfolded throughout the commonwealth in the darkness of night. He talked about death, destruction, and uncertainty.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 3:40 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
Samaritan’s Purse assists in tragedies and natural disasters all across the world
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 1:15 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
We’re talking about the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. that can be found near Third and McDowell inside of Marshall Park.
Updated: Nov. 12, 2021 at 8:43 AM EST
|By Steve Crump
As an aviator who made the grade with the Tuskegee Airmen, he fought against the Axis Powers during World War II
Updated: Nov. 8, 2021 at 9:38 PM EST
|By Steve Crump
124 years ago today here in the Carolinas, there was deadly violence on election day that was all connected to the right to vote.
Updated: Oct. 29, 2021 at 4:41 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
In 1971, Chambers won the Supreme Court ruling that ended desegregation on school buses here in Charlotte
Updated: Oct. 21, 2021 at 9:54 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
What you probably didn’t realize is that you were going past a place that changed the future for generations to come. It was the place that was the beginning of the end of segregation in our schools.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 10:05 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
It’s not a stretch to say the swirl involving Gruden resurrects memories connected to former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson and allegations of racism in his personal life and the restaurant empire he once owned.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 8:56 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Maybe - just maybe - we’ll know more through the eyes of Hollywood and Tammy Faye.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 8:44 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Uncertainty was clearly a given in covering the Sept. 11 attacks at the World Trade Center that happened 20 years ago this week.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 5:22 PM EDT
|By WBTV Web Staff and Steve Crump
Through her spiritual calling, Brenda Stevenson was well known as a Charlotte church pastor, but her life demonstrated a legacy of community giving extending well beyond her congregation.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 8:32 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Three years later, Steve Crump says it’s not just one thing but several factors that have kept him here since hearing those five words.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 9:09 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
State representative Kelly Alexander recalls the Jim Crow era hindering barriers known as literacy tests that held back potential voters. Despite the intent of today’s free and fair elections, a troubling piece of the past remains buried in North Carolina’s constitution.
Updated: Jun. 18, 2021 at 9:45 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Surviving abject bondage became an undesired hardship endured by far too many African Americans, but in Wilmington, North Carolina more deliberate racist pain was dished out to former slaves’ decades after emancipation.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2021 at 8:56 PM EDT
|By Steve Crump
Reflective images, historic reminders, and strong voices from local activists all contribute to a place in downtown Durham, once known as North Carolina’s Black Wall Street.
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