Travis McMillen

Senior Media Producer

TRAVIS McMILLEN is the senior media producer for the Missouri School of Journalism and the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He is responsible for live streaming any RJI-related event that takes place in the Fred W. Smith Forum. Travis also oversees all production that originates from the RJI studio. This includes two regular programs produced in partnership with KBIA-FM (Views of the News and Radio Friends with Paul Pepper), and monthly series’ like Post (produced in partnership with Gray Television), Detour and RJI Insight.

A Columbia native, Travis spent 12 years at KOMU-TV, the local NBC affiliate, before joining RJI in 2008. While at KOMU, he primarily served as director for the morning news and audio engineer for shows like Pepper and Friends, This Week in Mizzou Football/Basketball and yearly projects like the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) Labor Day Telethon.

Updated: April 11, 2023