
Asa Hutchinson calling for an investigation. I joined host Rachel Martin to discuss the video and the immediate response, with Gov. The footage showed one officer repeatedly striking the man in the head with a closed fist while another officer was repeatedly kneeing the man in the body. Reporting live on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered about a police beatingĪ graphic cell phone video showing western Arkansas police officers beating someone on the ground quickly spread on social media on August 21, 2022, with NPR contacting me about going live on Morning Edition. Unless otherwise noted, all photos featured here were taken by me. You can visit my page on KUAR’s website to see a more complete list of stories. Someday I’ll find the time to really dig through all the stories I reported on in my years at KUAR and expand on the experiences and include more photos, audio and other goodies. Many of these stories also live on KUAR’s website, so I’ve included links to some of those online versions. After 12 years of working in radio news in South Florida, with the last six on Miami NPR station WLRN, I was ready to return home to Arkansas.įeatured here are some of the bigger stories or ongoing topics I reported on for KUAR and nationally for NPR News. I had previously been on the air at KUAR in the mid-1990s, first hosting a weekly half-hour interview program in the summer of 1995 as part of an independent study class, then began filling in as a part-time news anchor.
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Then in 2012, I became news director, overseeing a staff that ranged in size over the years, but generally included about a half-dozen full and part-time news staffers, as well as a lot of amazing student interns. Two years later, I was promoted to assignment editor. Beginning in 2009, I worked as an anchor and reporter. I spent 13 years at KUAR-FM 89.1, the NPR station at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 13, 2014 to discuss Arkansas’ heated U.S.
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Meetings will be held at the Little Rock School District BuildingĬlick below to download the Bylaws of the Friends of KLRE/KUAR, KUAR's Telling Public Radio's Story report from its 2015 Station Activities Survey (SAS) for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, or its Local Content and Services Report from its 2016 SAS.Preparing to go live on NPR’s Here & Now on Aug.

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