Steve Swatt is an award-winning political broadcast journalist who launched his TV career at Sacramento NBC affiliate KCRA in 1969 after reporting stints at the San Francisco Examiner and United Press International in Los Angeles. Fifty-five years later, he continues to provide political analysis for several media outlets in the Sacramento market.
During his TV reporting career at KCRA, Swatt covered public policy and numerous presidents and governors. With an MA Degree in Journalism from UC Berkeley, he has taught and mentored graduate journalism students at Sacramento State University.
For years, Swatt served as KCRA As a State Capitol and political correspondent, he’s reported
on ballot propositions, issues at the state legislature as well as state and national elections.
He remains actively involved with the California Conservation Corps Foundation and Friends of
California Archives boards, and has served on the Alliance for Better Campaigns board and Community Learning Advisory Board.
Swatt is author of numerous books including Game Changers: Twelve Elections That Transformed California, a political history of California. He has received an Emmy Award for his work and awards from National Health Journalism, State Bar Association, and SPJ, Association of American Political Consultants and Sacramento Public Relations Society, amongst others.
