Najifa Farhat

Health Reporter, KBIA-FM

KBIA-FM

320B Lee Hills Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Columbia, MO 65211

Najifa Farhat is an award-winning investigative reporter covering health for KBIA’s Health and Wealth Desk. Her reporting focuses on the intersection of health and broader issues of well-being, including environmental and climate impacts, food security, marginalized communities, and emerging solutions and technologies. She approaches her work with the belief that every story has a health component.

Farhat holds a master’s degree in environmental journalism from the University of Montana and has reported extensively across the Mountain West, Southwest Michigan and now, Missouri.

Updated: January 9, 2026