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Najifa Farhat, KBIA health reporter

KBIA welcomes health reporter Najifa Farhat

Farhat will also begin teaching during the upcoming spring semester By Austin FitzgeraldPhoto by Nate Brown COLUMBIA, Mo. (Oct. 8, 2025) — Multimedia journalist Najifa Farhat has joined KBIA-FM, the Missouri School of Journalism’s NPR-member radio station, as its newest health reporter. Her presence further strengthens a team that produces a variety of award-winning podcasts, … Continued

Radio Rivals: Maps of Kansas with a KPR logo and Missouri with a KBIA logo, with headphoness around the KPR logo and the audio jack over the I in KBIA.

KBIA and KPR bring Mizzou-Kansas rivalry to the airwaves with inaugural Radio Rivals fundraising competition

By Austin Fitzgerald Public radio will join the fray when Mizzou Football faces off against the University of Kansas in a revival of the 134-year-old gridiron rivalry on Saturday, Sept. 6. Beginning on Thursday, Sept. 4, and continuing through game day, KBIA-FM — the Missouri School of Journalism’s NPR-member station — will battle Kansas Public … Continued

Jana Rose Schleis interviews a farmer out in a field

Update: KBIA wins two national awards for series about sustainable agriculture

Schleis interviews farmer Arlyn Kauffman in Weldon, Iowa, for an episode about peer-to-peer farmer training and support. By Austin FitzgeraldPhotos by Cory W. MacNeil, Ph.D. ’24 UPDATE Aug. 14, 2025: “The Next Harvest,” KBIA-FM’s series about challenges facing sustainable agriculture in the Midwest, has added a national Murrow Award to its list of honors. Bestowed … Continued

Left to right: Jacob Richey, Beth Finello, John Murphy, Jeimmie Nevalga, Evie Allen and Dominick Lee

Missouri School of Journalism students and staff win 11 Missouri Broadcasters Association awards

Left to right: Jacob Richey, Beth Finello, John Murphy, Jeimmie Nevalga, Evie Allen and Dominick Lee By Nate Brown Osage Beach, Mo. (June 2, 2025) — NPR-member station KBIA-FM and NBC affiliate KOMU-TV, both working labs for students at the Missouri School of Journalism, won a total of 11 awards from the Missouri Broadcasters Association on May 31. The Missouri News … Continued

Gillian Koptik, Katelynn McIlwain, Rebecca Smith

KBIA once again brings home multiple national Gracie Awards

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (April 3, 2025) — Two prestigious national Gracie Awards have gone to a staff member and student at KBIA-FM, the Missouri School of Journalism’s NPR-member station. Presented by the Alliance for Women in Media, Gracies honor media by, for and about women. Recent graduate Gillian Koptik, BJ ’24, won in … Continued

Kyle Felling

Kyle Felling named KBIA general manager

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 2, 2024) — The Missouri School of Journalism today announced that Kyle Felling, a 25-year veteran of NPR-member radio station KBIA-FM, will become the next general manager of the station. He will move into the role beginning Jan. 1. Felling started as a full-time producer at the station in … Continued

Brittany Hilderbrand, Stan Jastrzebski

Missouri School of Journalism welcomes two new faculty members starting in July

By Austin Fitzgerald COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 9, 2024) — The Missouri School of Journalism is welcoming two new faculty members starting this month as assistant professors with key roles in Missouri News Network newsrooms: Brittany Hilderbrand, community news editor for community newspaper the Columbia Missourian; and Stan Jastrzebski, news director for NPR-member station KBIA-FM. “Brittany … Continued