Katelynn McIlwain
Katelynn McIlwain, originally from Freeport, Illinois (go Pretzels!), is the managing editor for KBIA. She assists KBIA newsroom leaders in planning, supervising and producing news programming for radio broadcast, including daily news and in-depth reports, as well as public affairs programming.
She joined KBIA in 2023 after receiving her bachelor’s degree in 2022 and her master’s degree in 2023, both from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. While studying journalism at MU, Katelynn worked at Vox Magazine as the editor in chief and was a morning and afternoon anchor for KBIA.
She enjoys all things pop culture, including (but not limited to) K-Pop, cartoons, anime, Ed Sheeran and YA fiction. When she's not working, she spends much of her time serving and living life with her church community. But you can also probably find her diving deep into her rotating hyper-fixations (which is currently Avatar: The Last Airbender and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End) and talking way too much about the Enneagram (1w9).
You can contact her at mcilwaink@missouri.edu or 573-882-5107.
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President Trump's executive order that pauses the TikTok ban expires in April. In the meantime, Missouri content creators are adjusting the uncertainty and figuring out a path forward. -
After the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed affirmative action, the University of Missouri System immediately started removing racial or ethnic criteria from institutional scholarships. -
The University of Missouri filed a petition to remove the racial and ethnic criteria on at least 53 donated scholarships and funds across its four campuses. It follows a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court that race cannot be used as a factor in the admissions process of universities receiving federal assistance. -
At all four University of Missouri System campuses, tuition will increase 5% for undergraduate students and between 3-5% for graduate and professional students.
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The Abilene museum is gradually increasing its hours in the wake of the pandemic shutdown. -
After a two-year absence from the Kansas countryside, the symphony is set to perform near Council Grove.
