Scott Pham

Content Director

Scott Pham got his start in radio at KBOO Portland community radio as a volunteer news producer and anchor. Since then he's spent time interning at NPR in Washington, DC and making radio in the San Francisco Bay Area for Pacifica Radio. His news and documentary work has aired on WAMU in DC, KQED in San Francisco and on Pacifica radio nationwide.

As KBIA's content director, Scott's goal is to make the station's considerable news and arts content easily available, easily shared and smartly delivered.

In addition to his duties at KBIA, Scott is also the director of the Missouri Drone Journalism Program.

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McRib Fans May Have To Wait Till Christmas For Their Sandwich Fix

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McDonald's plans to delay the return of the seasonal McRib sandwich in the hopes it can help boost late winter sales.

By Scott Pham

Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 11:21 am

It's not quite as iconic as falling leaves, crisp air, and football, but the McDonald's McRib is usually something folks look forward to enjoying in the autumn months. Not happening this year, according to a company memo obtained by Advertising Age.

12:07 pm

Fri September 14, 2012

Tell us: are you afraid of melons?

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By Scott Pham

An Indiana farm issued a voluntary recall of cantaloupe and watermelons because the fruit could be contaminated with Salmonella. Let us know: is this affecting your eating and buying habits?

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5:45 pm

Thu September 13, 2012

New Downtown Incubator attracts entrepreneurs and English teachers

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City Manager Mike Matthes speaks with the founders of Rockupied at the official opening of the Columbia Downtown Incubator

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Matt Murrie in his office at Westminster

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Attendance was very high at the grand opening of the Downtown Incubator

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Murtaza Halai sits with Peter Meng, founder of AdFreeq

By Scott Pham

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If you’ve got a sharp eye you might have noticed a new building in downtown Columbia. Last week the City of Columbia and local entrepreneurial group The League of Innovators officially opened the Brent and Erica Beshore Downtown Incubator.

Drought could edge livestock producers out of business

By Scott Pham

Lead in text:

Currently, the USDA expects the prices of beef, pork, poultry and dairy to shoot up five percent next year. You can blame the drought for a lot of that increase as this summer a lot of small livestock producers are struggling just to stay in business. A version of this story ran on KBIA's Business Beat, a weekly program about business and economics in mid-Missouri.

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Brandt Dairy sits on Swan Creek at the end of a meandering gravel road in Linn, Missouri. The farm is bucolic with its twin silos, red barn and black-and

Business Beat

6:48 pm

Wed September 5, 2012

The drought and the Midwestern economy

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This pasture usually has fescue grass that's up to 10 inches high. But there have been just two inches of rain here in the past two months.

By Scott Pham

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If you've been out of town for a little while, then you this might be news: this rain we've been getting is a rare, rare, thing. Yes, the drought has been on our minds--and the radio--all summer long and a little rain this week doesn't change the fact that it's been devastating to farmers and the economy

6:37 pm

Wed September 5, 2012

Economic index shows Midwest economy is slowing, prices are rising

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Drought conditions are slowing down the Midwestern economy

By Scott Pham

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If you've been out of town for a little while, then you this might be news: this rain we've been getting is a rare, rare, thing. Yes, the drought has been on our minds--and our radio--all summer long and a little rain this week doesn't change the fact that it's been devastating to farmers and the economy.

TV ad-buys ramping up

By Scott Pham

Lead in text:

There's a ton of political advertising on TV these days and it's only going to get worse (or better, if you're into that kind of thing). Our colleagues at Project Open Vault keep track of these things and they know who's buying what and when:

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Susan B. Anthony List runs ads against Obama's stance on abortion; Still, Martin buy time for future Every week Project Open Vault receives new political ad buy contracts from three mid-Missouri TV stations, updating our ad spending database as soon as possible. Below is a brief look at the past week's ad buys: The Susan B.