She was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1963 and raised in British Columbia, where she studied journalism at The British Columbia Institute of Technology, and graduated with her BCIT Diploma of Technology in Broadcast Communications in 1986. She started her career at CKPG in Prince George, followed by a challenging year at CFRE in Regina. Next was the move east to Atlantic Satellite Network in Halifax where she worked for six years, hosting everything from major newscasts to becoming one of the original anchors of the popular "Breakfast Television". ASN awarded her a GOLD CANPRO* for her work. In 1995, she returned to her home in British Columbia where she joined British Columbia Television as a junior news anchor beginning with the Weekend Morning and Noon News. In September 2001, she took over the reins of "News Hour Final", weeknights on Global BC, from Ted Chernecki who returned to reporting. Occasionally, she sub hosts for "Global BC News Hour" and "Global National". Most recently, Jill Krop was the host of "Unfiltered" on BC1, and had quite regularly anchored the Early News following Deborra Hope's retirement.