Shahla Farzan
Audience impact editor, Harvest Public MediaI help edit and amplify Harvest Public Media's reporting on agriculture, food systems and the environment.
Before joining KCUR, I worked as an editor for American Public Media, where I produced award-winning science and history podcasts for kids. I’ve also worked as a reporter, newscaster and editor at St. Louis Public Radio and KBBI Public Radio in Homer, Alaska.
My reporting has been featured in a variety of national outlets, including NPR, Science Friday and Scientific American. I’ve also worked as an investigative fellow with APM Reports’ Public Media Accountability Initiative, covering a troubled St. Louis city program that placed unhoused people in hotels during the pandemic. My work has won a Signal Award for Best Editing and a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for best investigative reporting.
I have a PhD in ecology from the University of California-Davis, where I studied the impact of climate change on native bee communities in Utah and Idaho.
You can reach me at shahlafarzan@kcur.org
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With a fraction of millions of American Rescue Plan Act dollars allocated or spent, the city and groups serving the homeless face each other across a divide of paperwork and procedures. -
Teenagers and young adults have experienced record-breaking temperatures for much of their lives. Frustrated with the slow pace of progress among their parents’ generation, some young Missourians are taking action in their communities. -
The wind energy industry is now facing a new challenge: what to do with old wind turbine blades when it’s time to replace them. The answer is found at a recycling plant in a historic Mississippi River town 90 miles north of St. Louis. -
Corrections officials say the move is necessary to stem the flow of drugs into Missouri prisons. But criminal justice reform advocates warn it could violate inmates’ privacy and further isolate them from their families. -
Lake sturgeon are ancient creatures that have survived cataclysmic events over millions of years. But scientists worry they might not survive us. -
Spire officials say another rate hike is needed to cover the cost of employee salaries, after state regulators revised long-standing policies last year. -
Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska are among dozens of states that have yet to submit plans for improving air quality in protected areas. Environmental nonprofits are suing the EPA to compel the agency to take action. -
About half of all people released from prison in Missouri return within five years. But decades of research has shown prison education programs can help break the cycle. -
The BA.2 subvariant is about 30% more transmissible than the original omicron variant and is fueling a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Europe. However, it does not appear to cause any more severe illness than other forms of the coronavirus. -
Women working full-time in Missouri earn about $10,000 less per year than men, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Women are more likely to work in lower-paying industries and are often forced to leave their jobs due to lack of affordable child care.
