About KC Currents
The hour-long, weekly news magazine show on KCUR 89.3 FM covers the news and culture of Kansas City's diverse communities and beyond. I currently work as an intern for the program, producing segments and promos, gathering audio, snapping photos and posting audio stories online.
- Food Enthusiasts Dine at Underground 'Test Kitchen', first aired February 13, 2011
- Flirting Research Hits On How We Find Potential Mates, first aired January 12, 2011
- KC Musicians Take On Christmas Music, first aired December 19, 2010
- Original Rules of Basketball to be Auctioned Off, first aired December 6, 2010
- KState Student's Profile of Conversion Therapy Victim Wins "Rolling Stone" Journalism Award, first aired November 07, 2010
- School Closures Pending in Shawnee Mission, first aired October 4, 2010
- High Expectations for Principals in KCMO 'Transformation Plan', first aired August 30, 2010
- Political Quilts on Display at National Archives at Kansas City, first aired August 8, 2010
- Is the NAACP Still Relevant Today?, first aired July 12, 2010
- No changes in store for controversial Bruce R. Watkins Drive, first aired June 13, 2010
- Sol Pro Bassmasters hold annual fishing derby, first aired June 13, 2010
For KC Currents "Food and Love" show, I pitched the story of Jenny Vergara, the founder of Kansas City's first and only underground supper club. The monthly dinner is "pro-chef," allowing them to create meals for 20 guests without the usual restraints on their creativity.
I edited this interview about an University of Kansas study that breaks down the five different flirting styles.
Kansas City boasts its fair share of talented musicians. And when they turn to making music for the holidays, the results can vary from hilarious to thought-provoking.
I created the audio postcard heard at the beginning of the story at the YMCA, asking teenagers what they knew about the original rules of basketball.
Jason Strachman Miller, a senior and editor-in-chief of Kansas State University's Collegian, stumbled upon a gripping story while researching a project for his Computer Assisted Reporting class. A fellow student, whom Strachman Miller named "Thomas Swanson" to protect his identity, had undergone a series of torturous "therapy" sessions as a teenager to rid him of his homosexual feelings. Strachman Miller's two-part feature on Swanson's experiences won Rolling Stone magazine's 2010 College Journalism Award. I spoke with Miller about the story and his win. WARNING:This story contains graphic descriptions of sex and abuse.
Parents and students in the Shawnee Mission School district have a few more worries than normal this school year. That's because the superintendent has proposed closing five schools and reassigning attendance boundaries for next year, shifting where students will be going to school next year. I went to one of the first in a series of townhall meetings about the proposal.
As part of a plan to transform the oft-maligned district, all 150 principals were forced to reapply for their jobs. With new principals taking the place of reportedly ineffective vets, will putting more accountability on administrators really turn the district around? I spoke with three local principals -- two new to the district and one 45-year veteran -- as well as Dan Domenech, the executive director of the American Association of School Administrators, and Dr. Anthony Moore, the school district's executive director for Elementary and Early Childhood Education.
A traveling exhibit of political and patriotic quilts got us wondering: Can quilts be political? In my first radio feature, I spoke with quilt historian Barbara Brackman about how politics worked their way into the quilts of the 18th and 19th century. I also spoke with modern quilters of the Kaw Valley Quilters Guild in Lawrence, KS.
The NAACP's national convention kicked off this weekend here in Kansas City. It's the organization's 101st anniversary this year, and we wondered if people still think race-based organizations like the NAACP are important. (I gathered and cut audio for this man on the street story.)
The unusual, and some argue unsafe, design of Bruce R. Watkins Drive is a compromise between regional and neighborhood interests. (I gathered and cut audio for the man on the street story that starts the segment.)
A local, largely African American fishing club recently held it's annual fishing contest. (I helped cut the audio for this story with guidance from producer Laura Ziegler.)
