People

Abbie Fentress Swanson joined Harvest Public Media in 2012 and is based at KBIA Radio in Columbia, Missouri. Before that, she covered arts and...

Darren Hellwege has hosted “Morning Edition” for over 23 years for KBIA Radio, and also serves as host of the “Thinking Out Loud” interview shows and as KBIA’s Sports Director.

The “Thinking” series includes “Thinking Out Loud” on...

Harum Helmy started as KBIA's Health and Wealth reporter in January 2013. She has previously worked at the station as a news assistant, helping assign and edit stories by student reporters. Harum grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia and graduated from...

JANET SAIDI is an assistant professor on the faculty of the Missouri School of Journalism and serves as the news director at KBIA 91.3 FM. Saidi has contributed to National Public Radio, the BBC and BBC World Service, and her writing has...

Kellie Kotraba joined the KBIA news team in June 2012. She is the editor and community manager of ColumbiaFAVS.com, KBIA's newest media partner. ColumbiaFAVS covers faith and values in mid-Missouri and is part of a partnership with Religion...

Before joining KBIA in July 2012, Kristofor Husted reported for the science desk at NPR in Washington. There, he covered health, food and environmental issues. His work has appeared on NPR’s health...

Kyle Felling was born in the rugged northwest Missouri hamlet of St. Joseph (where the Pony Express began and Jesse James ended). Inspired from a young age by the spirit of the early settlers who used St. Joseph as an embarkation point in their...

Before joining KBIA in August of 2012, Lauren spent the better part of a year practicing the art of not starving and learning that whole becoming an adult thing. Previously she enlisted in what became a 17 year stretch of professional...

Under his leadership, KBIA has maintained a cume rating among the top five university-licensed public radio stations over the past 15 years, according to Arbitron. Since 1987, KBIA has more than tripled its membership funding. Dunn is an...

Nathan Anderson is from the small town of Green Castle, Missouri, just west of Kirksville.  Nathan  joined KBIA and the University Concert Series as a work study student in 1997.  He went on to intern for KBIA in the Spring of 2001 before...