 In 1989, Kim began a six-year stint at the Seven Network in Brisbane working as a news reporter and a morning show host.While at Seven, she also worked on the 1992 Olympic Games.In 1995 Watkins joined the Nine Network, working as a reporter on many shows including "Good Medicine", "Australia's Most Wanted", "Money", and giving updates for the "Wide World Of Sports" telecast of the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.