KCUR 2024

University Faculty Experts featured on the Air and Online
Recent examples (since Dec. 2023)

Prof Mitch Brian - UMKC School of Humanities
Prof Antonio Byrd - UMKC School of Humanities
Prof Scott Elliot - UMKC School of Humanities
Prof Michael Frisch - UMKC School of Engineering and Computer Science
Prof Christopher Garmon - UMKC Bloch School of Management
Prof Amanda Grimes - UMKC School of Nursing
Prof Brian Hare - UMKC School of Engineering and Computer Science
Prof Joseph Genualdi - UMKC Conservatory
Dean Russell B. Melchert - UMKC School of Pharmacy
Prof Sean O’Brien - UMKC School of Law
Prof Peverill Squire - UM Truman School of Government and Politics
Prof Fengpeng Sun - UMKC School of Engineering and Computer Science
Dean Ellen Suni - retired UMKC School of Law
Vice Provost Doug Swink - UMKC Enrollment Management
Prof Beth Vonnahme - UMKC School of Humanities
Prof Greg Vonnahme - UMKC School of Humanities
Dusty Walter - Superintendent of the Wurdack Research Center at Mizzou

Awards in FY2024

2024 Public Media Journalists Association Awards (10)
National Press Foundation Fellowship (1)
Current Public Media Rising Star Award (1)
Public Media Journalists Association Editor of the Year (1)
Edward R. Murrow Regional Awards (8)
Edward R. Murrow National Awards (3)
James Beard Award Finalist (1)
Kansas Press Association Awards (3)
Gracie Awards (2)
Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards (6
2023 Public Media Journalists Association Awards (6)

Collaborations

Midwest Newsroom Investigative Journalism
Harvest Public Media - rural coverage across 9 states
KC Media Collective - local coverage with 6 primary partners
Kansas News Service - statewide news service
Next Gen Radio - training future journalists
Cortico/MIT Center for Constructive Communication - AI project based at MIT
The Moth Story Slam - KC
Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me - KC
NPR
The Kansas City Star
League of Women Voters of Kansas City/Jackson-Clay-Platte Counties
Johnson County Post
States Newsrooms
Latinx Education Collaborative
Revolución Educativa

Community Partners

Classical KC Arts Partners
- Allegro Choirs of Kansas City
- Bach Aria Soloists
- Friends of Chamber Music
- Fountain City Brass Band
- Harmony Project KC
- Harriman-Jewell Series
- Kansas City Ballet
- Kansas City Baroque Consortium
- Kansas City Chorale
- Kansas City Suzuki Academy
- Kansas City Symphony
- Kansas City Youth Percussion Ensemble
- Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts
- Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
- Landlocked Opera Inc
- Lyric Opera of Kansas City
- Music Academy of Kansas City
- The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
- newEar Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
- Opera180°
- The Opus 76 Quartet
- Park University International Center for Music
- Porch Music KC
- Spire Chamber Ensemble
- Te Deum Chamber Choir
- UMKC Conservatory
- The William Baker Festival Singers
- William-Jewell College Department of Music
- The Wires Alternative Strings
- Youth Symphony of Kansas City
KCUR partners
- Kansas City Chiefs
- Health Forward Foundation
- League of Women Voters
- Johnson County Library
- Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
- Kansas City, Missouri Public Libraries
- Midcontinent Public Libraries
- Resurrection, a United Methodist Church
- Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council
- Jewish Vocational Service
- Kansas City Indian Center
- Johnson County Library
- GKC (MO) Links, Inc.
- Urban League of Greater Kansas City
- The Voter Network
- Cherith Brook
- Mattie Rhodes
- MCPL
- KPRS/Alpha Kappa Alpha
- Kansas City Kansas Community College
- League of Women Voters
- Lykins Neighborhood Association
- Advocates for Immigrant Rights and Reconciliation-KC
Event/in-kind partners
- 1900 Building
- Mammoth Entertainmen
- City Barrel Brewing
- Casual Animal Brewing
- Rochester Coffee & Brewing
- Tom’s Town
- Kansas City Current
- Christopher Elbow Chocolates
- Missouri Hives
- Yoli Tortilleria
- Swoon Bakery
- Cosentino’s Market
- The Russell
- Burns & McDonnell
- Polsinelli