Jana Rose Schleis
KBIA News Producer
KBIA-FM
320B Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211
Jana Rose Schleis is a News Producer at KBIA and an instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism.
Schleis is the reporter and producer behind KBIA’s national-award-winning series, The Next Harvest, which explores solutions to agriculture’s environmental and economic challenges through on-the-ground reporting and contextual storytelling.
She earned a master’s degree at the University of Missouri School of Journalism where she studied investigative journalism and government reporting. Schleis worked for Agri-Pulse in Washington D.C., Wisconsin Public Radio, and the Cap Times in Madison, WI.
Updated: January 9, 2026