The school year may only be a few months old, but the new KBEV Director Kyle Newman is taking the program to places it’s never been before.
KBEV, Beverly Hills Unified School District’s award-winning media program, is a Career Technical Education class at Beverly Hills High School that gives students the opportunity of hands-on media production at every level—including cinematography, script writing and broadcasting. Founded in 1969, KBEV produces news segments on student life and community happenings and is the longest-running weekly student newscast in the world, according to BHUSD. Newman, a best-selling author and film director whose credits include “Fanboys,” “Barely Lethal” and “1Up,” as well as content for Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Hasbro Studios, brings his unique experience to the role after longtime KBEV executive producer Romeo Carey retired from the district.
