Ava Neels
Ava Neels studies journalism and Chinese language at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She was born and raised in South City St. Louis.
When outside of the studio, Ava enjoys long walks, trying to feed squirrels and finding the best ice cream in town. She is passionate about social justice and uplifting community voices.
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In the final episode of season one, we’re turning things over to River Town Producer Tadeo Ruiz. Tadeo is pretty new to Missouri – via Mexico City - and he’s been surprised to learn about how much people here love the river. But during his reporting for River Town, he started to feel connected with one Missouri River town in particular… Rocheport. Follow him along his journey as he gets to know the river and the people who love it. -
Water is life. It gets us places. Connects us to each other. It holds history and tradition. It keeps all these things, and us, alive. History, and modern stories, show us this. For this episode, we explored these connections by documenting modern Indigenous relationships to the Missouri River and other sacred waters, caught a boat ride with historian and author Greg Olson, and observed a water blessing at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
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In this episode of River Town, we’re going to meet River Town’s youngest upstanding citizens, learn what people are doing to protect our waterways from pollution, and what’s happening in Missouri water policy right now.
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Missouri River Days is a half-day field trip offered to all fourth-graders at Columbia Public Schools in partnership with the nonprofit group Missouri River Relief. The field trip is held at Cooper’s Landing Riverside Resort & Marina, where students have the opportunity to get up close and personal with nature. -
Akil Kumarasamy recently debuted her first novel Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, which explores themes of loss, identity and change through interconnected stories. -
Childcare workers from across the state traveled to Jefferson City Thursday morning to testify in support of a bill that would eliminate sales tax on diapers.
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The MDDOC will prioritize topics of guardianship, segregation, abuse and neglect in the 2023 session.
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Roger Johnson is the incumbent Boone County prosecutor and is running unopposed. -
For the 10 year anniversary of being part of the SEC, Columbia expects over 30,000 fans to come in for the game.
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Some pharmacies are already seeing high demand for the COVID-19 bivalent booster as it becomes available.
