Maya Cederlund
2025 Intern, KCURMaya Cederlund is the 2025 summer intern for KCUR.
Maya graduated summa cum laude from American University in 2025 and is an incoming candidate at Northwestern University’s D.C. Medill Investigative Lab. At AU, she served as DEI Editor at her university’s newspaper and was the co-founder and co-president of AU’s Asian American Journalists Association chapter.
Cederlund is a 2025 White House Correspondents’ Association scholar and a reporting fellow for the Investigative Reporting Workshop. Her two-year investigation into AU’s Title IX office won a regional award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and her piece about adoptees is listed under NBC Asian America’s Editor’s Picks section, a “selection of the best reporting and most interesting stories from NBC News.” Outside of journalism, Cederlund enjoys bouldering, skiing, hiking and baking.
Email her at mcederlund@kcur.org
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A city planner provided a concrete deadline for when the remodeling of the corridor notorious for construction and traffic will begin. -
For years, the Sun Fresh Market at the Linwood Shopping Center provided fresh produce and grocery products to a historically underserved part of Kansas City. Its closure follows months of calls for the city to take action against crime in the area and keep the store afloat. -
The planned closure follows the shutdown of Providence Medical Service’s labor and delivery program, and will expand the area of the Kansas City metro without maternal care services. -
A local weather phenomenon holds that the 6,100-person town of Tonganoxie, Kansas, can weaken and divide thunderstorms and tornadoes. Experts are mixed on its existence — and what causes it — but locals say otherwise. -
Legislators originally approved the recall vote for August 26, but the Jackson County and Kansas City election boards said they could not possibly meet legal balloting requirements in that short timeframe. -
County legislators met Friday morning to override White's veto. The election, which follows years of frustration with White from county legislators and community members, is scheduled for Aug. 26. -
Frank White Jr., a former star second baseman for the Kansas City Royals who won eight Golden Glove Awards during his career, infuriated county legislators and a citizens group with his veto. "Eight Golden Gloves mean nothing!" said the Rev. Dr. Vernon Percy Howard, leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. "Bench Frank White!" -
Organizers, developers and local politicians and officials hailed the new $4.3 million pool as a testament to community. -
Kansas City's options for dazzling, and free, fireworks shows on July 4 include the Stars and Stripes Picnic at the National World War I Museum and Memorial. But you'll find even more festivities throughout the metro, and across the whole holiday weekend. -
The economic development agency approved the next step for construction of a luxury apartment complex on the site of the Plaza Broadway Apartments.
