Danie Alexander
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.
In December 2011, Danie started as a temporary on-air announcer and is now the regular voice on Saturday afternoons. In August 2012 she became the associate producer for Up to Date where one of her assignments is producing the weekly segment 90-Mile View.
Danette Alexander also holds a B.S. degree from William Woods University. Originally from Long Island, NY, she and her husband Steven Alexander live in Raytown when they’re not working on their future retirement property on Tablerock Lake.
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Kansas City's health director breaks down the changes in COVID-19 protocols and two women's perspectives on the experience of Mother's Day.
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How masks have become so politicized, and what prompted one Kansas City woman to become a living organ donor.
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Black mothers talk about the constant fear they have for their children's safety, we bring back a conversation from 2018 and we remember KCUR reporter Aviva Okeson-Haberman, who died Sunday.
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A new survey reveals one impact the pandemic has had on Midwest artists. Plus, a look at the challenges and opportunities COVID-19 has provided the film industry.
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Kansas City community leaders react to the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, and NPR host reveals 'the power and paradox of the self-deceiving brain.'
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The Kansas legislature unanimously passes an unemployment reform bill, and the American Society of Civil Engineers gives U.S. infrastructure a C- grade.
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How William Volker's money laid the foundation for American conservatism and a look at the pandemic's impacts on retirement plans.
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Missouri's lawmakers are debating banning vaccine passports and first-year educators discuss their experience teaching in the COVID-era.