Kristofor Husted
Senior ReporterKristofor left KBIA in fall of 2021
Kristofor Husted was a senior reporter at KBIA in Columbia, Mo. Previously Husted reported for NPR’s Science Desk in Washington and Harvest Public Media. Husted was a 2013 fellow with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources and a 2015 fellow for the Institute for Journalism and Justice. He’s won regional and national Edward R. Murrow, PRNDI and Sigma Delta Chi awards. Husted also was an instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism. He received a B.S. in cell biology from UC Davis and an M.S. in journalism from Northwestern University.
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Missouri is opening up COVID-19 vaccines to public safety workers and more health care workers. Missouri on Thursday activated its next stage of the… -
On some days in the early 1900s, you could walk out to the railroad tracks near the Iowa border and watch rail cars full of horses moving in and out of Missouri. Occasionally, also in those cars are elephants, lions and monkeys. -
Helen Stephens starts high school in Fulton in 1931. She’s a gangly, gravelly-voiced farm girl dressed in homemade clothes. Her classmates tease her with… -
The University of Missouri is requiring certain students to take a COVID-19 test ahead of the 2021 spring semester.Testing will be mandatory for… -
When the St. Louis Arch was being built in 1964, no Black workers had been hired for the construction crew.That didn’t sit well with Black activist Percy… -
Since we began the Check-In, we’ve gone from crisis to crisis - a global pandemic sparked off an economic crisis and merged into a movement calling for an… -
It’s been about 11 weeks since Boone County issued its initial stay at home orders and many businesses, schools, individuals and families went into… -
If you know just a little bit about journalism, you’ve heard the word “objective” thrown around. Journalists should show up, witness, observe and then go… -
As hundreds of citizens show up in town squares and streets to call for justice in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, many people are asking: How… -
The world is coming off of a weekend of protests, rallies and gatherings calling for justice after the killing of George Floyd. They're also calling for…
