Ongoing Coverage:

Scott Pham

Content Director

Scott Pham got his start in radio at KBOO Portland community radio as a volunteer news producer and anchor.  Since then he's spent time interning at NPR in Washington, DC and making radio in the San Francisco Bay Area for Pacifica Radio.  His news and documentary work has aired on WAMU in DC, KQED in San Francisco and on Pacifica radio nationwide.

As KBIA's content director, Scott's goal is to make the station's considerable news and arts content easily available, easily shared and smartly delivered. 

In addition to his duties at KBIA, Scott is also the director of the Missouri Drone Journalism Program.

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Science, Health and Technology
12:39 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Missouri girl undergoes cryopreservation

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Kim Suozzi, pre-cancer.

Kim Suozzi, a graduate of Truman State University, passed away on January 17.  Upon death, her body was cryopreserved--frozen--and relocated to a cryopreservation facility called the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Arizona.

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Politics
1:00 pm
Thu January 17, 2013

Is Missouri on board with Obama's new gun proposals?

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Gun control is going to be at the top of President Obama’s agenda this year, and Missouri’s US Senators are divided on what to do about it.

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Crime
2:52 pm
Thu December 20, 2012

Editorial: Politics, not massacres, drives gun sales

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Shoppers perusing firearms at a Cabela's.

After the mass shootings in Auoroa, Colo., last summer, the media were flush with articles noting huge runs on guns and spikes in the numbers of background checks associated with firearm purchases.

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1:54 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

[Infographic] The deadliest shootings in America

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If the death count is 27 or higher as the AP reports, the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut will be the second deadliest shooting in U.S. history. This info graphic outlines some of the worst shootings thus far and the weapons that were used.
The theater shooting in Colorado ranks ninth in number of fatalities.
12:50 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

How Columbia School District reacts to mass shootings

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This morning's mass shooting in Connecticut might have you wondering how schools in Columbia might react to a similar event. In October, the Columbia School District trained students and teachers in how to react to an "active shooter" event.
The Columbia Public School district is training students to respond to active shooters on school grounds. The Lange Middle School Cinema Club created an
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12:26 pm
Fri December 14, 2012

Revisiting guns in Missouri

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With the shooting in Connecticut this morning and one in Portland, Or., a few days ago, it's likely that guns and gun laws will start to come back into the public conversation. After the shootings in Aurora, Calif. earlier this year, KBIA took a look at the business of gun retail in Missouri.
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Agriculture
11:18 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Can you make any money raising organic beef in Missouri? [infographic]

Credit Scott Pham / KBIA

In Tebbetts, Mo., JJR Family Farm raised USDA-certified organic livestock without antibiotics or genetically-modified feed.  After six years of raising and selling organic beef, they decided it was just too expensive to keep the certification.  Rancher John Rice helped us figure out just how much it costs to raise organic beef in Missouri.  

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The Salt
11:55 am
Fri November 30, 2012

Booches' Famous Burgers Seek New Buns After Hostess Plant Closes

Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 1:57 pm

Twinkie hoarders, artists, and Ding Dong enthusiasts weren't the only consumers affected when Hostess started shutting down plants across America just a few weeks ago.

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Politics
5:27 pm
Tue November 6, 2012

Mid-Missouri Live Blog

Politics
12:13 pm
Thu November 1, 2012

Schaefer says Nixon, not Mo. Senate, is responsible for education cuts

KBIA’s Ryan Famuliner interviewed State Senator Kurt Schaefer, who is running for re-election in the 19th District of the state Senate. His challenger is Democratic State Representative Mary Still.

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