Harvest Public Media

KCUR is the flagship NPR station in Kansas City, Missouri, connecting people to ideas and to each other through news reporting, thoughtful conversations and arts and culture. The station is operated as an editorially independent community service of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, broadcasting 24 hours a day and online. KCUR also leads three public media collaborations: Harvest Public Media, the Kansas News Service and NPR’s Midwest Newsroom, a four-state regional news hub.

Current Position

Location: Kansas City, Missouri

Beat: Air and water quality (Mississippi River Basin Project)

Position:

No industry is more dependent on the environment than agriculture, and farmers, in turn, often greatly affect air and water quality. This reporter dives deep, focusing on in-depth reporting in both digital and audio on issues affecting the Kansas City area, and how what's going on in this area affects those living downstream. The journalist works on the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk: this initiative of Report for America, in partnership with the Missouri School of Journalism and the Society of Environmental Journalists, offers a network of collaborative reporting covering water, agriculture and environmental issues across the Mississippi River Basin.

Reporter: Eva Tesfaye