C.J. Janovy
Director of Content - JournalismA free press is among our country’s founding principles and most precious resources. As director of content-journalism at KCUR, I want everyone in our part of America to know we see them and we’re listening. I work to make sure the stories we tell and the conversations we convene reflect our complex realities, informing and inspiring all of us to meet the profound challenges of our time.
In my role as director of content-journalism, I work to ensure KCUR and its affiliates deliver local and regional audiences with news, features and analysis they want and need, while upholding the highest standards of public service in journalism. I have nearly three decades of journalism and leadership experience in Kansas City, including as an arts reporter then digital managing editor for KCUR from 2014-2020. I rejoined KCUR in my newest role in July 2021.
You can email me at cj@kcur.org.
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Students throughout the Kansas City metro exercised their right to free speech on Wednesday morning, leaving their schools to observe 17 minutes of…
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