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Noah Taborda

Noah Taborda is a Sports Broadcasting Journalism major who hopped on the short flight from Chicago to hone his trade at the University of Missouri. He hopes to cover a meaningful moment or two in his future career.

Seg. 1: Crossword Prodigy | Seg. 2: Foundling Exhibit

By , & • Oct 15, 2019

Segment 1: A famous crossword puzzle creator makes Kansas City his home.

David Steinberg has been making crossword puzzles since he was 12, and getting them published in the New York Times since he was 14. He's just moved to Kansas City. In this conversation, he talks about sleeping on Will Shortz's couch, and other career milestones.

Jackson County Detention Center (R)

By , & & Melody Rowell • Oct 14, 2019

Seg. 1: Avocado Toast | Seg. 2: Coffee Shops

By , & • Oct 11, 2019

Segment 1: A Kansas City avocado toast tutorial.

Avocado toast is very popular. We get explanations, tips and recommendations from a local fan, who also happens to be a nutrition expert.

Segment 2: A search for great neighborhood coffee shops.

Seg. 1: Yoonmi Nam | Seg. 2: Evolving Urban Wildlife

By & • Oct 10, 2019

Segment 1: An artist makes us look more closely at the disposable still life piling up on the kitchen table.

When Yoonmi Nam looks at the takeout containers, junk mail and plastic bags that accumulate around her, she sees a still life. Translating these objects into ceramics and putting them on a pedestal, she gives weight and permanence to the things that briefly populate our lives before getting tossed aside.

Seg. 1: Warren & Cox | Seg. 2: Can You See Me? | Seg. 3: Sesame Workshop

By , & • Oct 7, 2019

Segment 1: A Kansas City dance performance is a transatlantic collaboration.

Krystle Warren and Brad Cox have been musical collaborators for years, continuing to make music together across an ocean. As Warren prepares to head from Paris to Kansas City for an October performance, the two discuss their shared history and their craft.

Seg. 1: KCK Shooting | Seg. 2: Lyz Lenz

By & & Melody Rowell • Oct 7, 2019

Segment 1: A mass shooting on Central Avenue leaves a community grief-stricken.

Our reporter describes the weekend's shocking news from Wyandotte County, and a community leader asks Kansas Citians to understand what happened as an isolated incident that struck a growing, hard-working, tight-knit neighborhood.

Seg. 1: Climate Coverage | Seg. 2: American Cheese

By & • Oct 2, 2019

Segment 1: New research on how climate change coverage varies from country to country.

A KU journalism professor is at the forefront of research into how climate change stories are framed by journalists based on where on the globe they are working. The greatest divide occurs along the lines of relative wealth and economic development.

Kansas City Holocaust Survivors Are Among Those Delivering A 'Never Forget' Message Worldwide

By • Oct 2, 2019

Seventy large portraits in the courtyard of the National World War I Museum and Memorial put visitors face-to-face with Holocaust survivors.

Country Music

By & & Melody Rowell • Sep 27, 2019

Ken Burns' Country Music series inspires interviews with Kansas City musicians about what country music means to them.

Seg. 1: Youth Climate Activism | Seg. 2: Super-Commuters

By & & Melody Rowell • Sep 25, 2019

Segment 1: Generational differences in responding to climate change are complex.

Last week's climate strikes in Kansas City were organized by a young Kansas Citian who left the film industry and moved halfway across the country to take on this fight. His story represents a differing sense of urgency around climate change, but more than that, too. 

Stories About Work

By , , & & Melody Rowell • Sep 18, 2019

Americans spend an average of 90,000 hours at work in a lifetime. So what we do at work isn't separate from life. It is life. At a recent event hosted by Central Standard, people gathered to tell true stories from life on the job. We're sharing a few of those stories with you here.

Seg. 1: Albert Bloch | Seg. 2: Calvin Arsenia

By & • Sep 17, 2019

Segment 1: A new documentary explores the life of abstract expressionist painter Albert Bloch.

Albert Bloch lived the final decades of his life in Lawrence, Kansas. But at the height of his career, he was a member of a band of artists that helped create modernism in Europe.

Show Me Mizzou Day to Bring Academics, Athletics Together

By • Apr 11, 2019

The University of Missouri is hosting a campuswide open house this Saturday, April 13, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the MU community. This is the first ever Show Me Mizzou Day and will have events that range from academics to athletics.

In total, there are more than 100 activities which will begin at 10 a.m. and wrap up at 2 p.m. These events include “Saturday Morning Science,” a special presentation from Nobel Laureate and MU professor emeritus George Smith, tours of various academic facilities and a peak into the Ellis Library rare books vault.

Off The Clock - eSports Finding A New Audience In A New Generation

By & • Apr 4, 2019
Noah Taborda

Since breaking into mainstream media, eSports has fought for its space in athletics. Faced with conflicts for a spot in the Olympics and against misconceptions from the public, eSports is finding an audience in a new generation.

Now, universities across the country, including the University of Missouri, are taking the first steps toward potentially bringing eSports closer to legitimacy. KBIA’s Noah Taborda has the story.


Intersection - CoMo's Two Mayoral Candidates

By & • Apr 1, 2019
Travis McMillen | Janet Saidi / RJI | KBIA

Tuesday is election day and voters across mid-Missouri are deciding on school board, mayoral and city council races. One of the most important races on the Boone County ballot is the Columbia mayoral race, with two experienced politicans vying for the job.

Mayor Brian Treece  is seeking a second term and has served as Columbia's mayor since 2016. Before his election as mayor Treece worked on historic preservation efforts in the city and chaired the Downtown Leadership Council.

MU Hosts First ESports Recruitment Cycle

By • Mar 14, 2019
Noah Taborda / KBIA

Recruits and their families gathered from around the country on Wednesday as part of the first Mizzou Esports recruitment cycle. The University announced in December the creation of an esports program, which would center around the game Overwatch. Now recruits are getting the chance to meet potential teammates.

Arabella McIntire is a freshman and was the first commit back in December. She said she expects the chemistry the team builds now will help them be more cohesive during competitions.

“I’m just looking forward to getting to know everybody and play together and build a really good program and a really good team, where we play on each other’s good aspects, and we build each other up and we’re better because of each other.”

University of Missouri Opening National Center for Rural Mental Health

By • Feb 28, 2019
Columns and Jesse Hall
Adam Procter / Flickr

The University of Missouri will be establishing a National Center for Rural Mental Health, the university announced today. The center will be funded by a $10 million grant from the US Department of Education.

The center will benefit rural schools in Missouri, Virginia and Montana. Staff and researchers hope to help at least 110 rural schools across those states by creating a database of information and provide a training system to support the mental health needs of their students.

Wendy Reinke is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the lead investigator on the grant. She says one important step is applying gathered information and applying it to rural schools.

“These rural schools are unique in so many ways and I think figuring out sort of what we know works now in some of our suburban school districts and how we can map them, onto the challenges faced by rural schools, that have unique circumstances, is an important next step.”

Search Survey Released for New Columbia City Manager

By • Feb 21, 2019
Meiying Wu

The City of Columbia released a city manager search survey Wednesday in an effort to increase community input. In the survey, citizens will have an opportunity to voice their opinion on what qualities they would like to see in their next community leader.

The survey will help focus City Council’s search for former City Manager Mike Matthes’ replacement.

Margrace Buckler is Columbia’s Human Resources Director. She said the survey gives citizens to pinpoint what professional experience the city will look for.

Columbia Named Best in Urban Tree Care

By • Feb 14, 2019

According to the Arbor Day Foundation, Columbia’s urban trees are the best maintained in the country in 2019. Columbia Water & Light was named 2019 Tree Line USA in honor of the City’s exemplary work in proper urban tree care, the city announced today. Tree Line USA recognizes utilities that are exemplary in practices that deliver safe electricity while maintaining urban trees. Trees that aren’t trimmed can result in ‘blinks’ in electric service or power outages, according to Columbia Water & Light.

Morgan Long is the electric services superintendent. He says the honor shows the cities dedication to providing a safe environment.

“It’s a good feeling to know that were making a difference and to recognize a utility that operates on a moderate scale, such as us, can promote good customer service and safe electricity at the same time.”

Talking Politics: Breaking Down the 2018 Missouri Midterm Elections

By • Dec 7, 2018

Some of you might be interested to know that this coming Saturday is the 666th day of the Trump presidency.

How did your party and candidate and ballot issue do last week? I feel the same way: Could have been worse, could have been better.

If you are a Republican you like picking up seats in the U.S. Senate, with Missouri being a big contributor to that. You don’t like losing the U.S. House, especially by more than the average number of seats after a presidential election.

Candidate Conversations: Missouri House of Representatives, District 47

By • Nov 6, 2018
Noah Taborda / KBIA

Voters in Missouri 47th House district have a choice to make - Representative Chuck Basye, a Republican, faces a challenge from Democrat Adrian Plank. While Basye and Plank agreed on what the core issues are, they are on the opposite side of the spectrum when it comes to solutions.

Both candidates sat down with KBIA’s Noah Taborda to discuss the issues on their minds, particularly “Right To Work” policies and their impact on Missourians in the 47th district.

Candidate Conversations: Missouri House of Representatives, District 44

By • Nov 6, 2018

In Missouri’s 44th District State House seat, encompassing parts of Boone and Randolph counties, Republican Representative Cheri Toalson Reisch faces a challenge from Democrat Maren Jones. The candidates are self-proclaimed polar opposites in policy and priorities.

As part of KBIA’s series of Candidate Conversations, KBIA’s Noah Taborda sat down with the candidates. Representative Reisch told KBIA she identifies as a conservative Christian who as a State Representative believes it’s important to represent all constituents, whatever their political affiliations.

Commentary: Police Codes and Politics

By • Oct 24, 2018

Those of us with October birthdays always get two gifts. One is that we often get gorgeous weather. The other is that each of us has a personal police radio code. Police codes, which are law enforcement shorthand for various incidents or situations, start with the number ten; so does our birth month.

  

Commentary: How Will Midterm Elections Shake Out?

By • Sep 26, 2018

It’s after Labor Day, and the campaigns are heating up. I visited with two friends, who share respect in the community, integrity and political acumen, and who prefer different political parties.

Both see the local races playing out as the partisan leanings of their districts dictate. Incumbents should win and, as is always the case, some very able candidates such as Kelly Schultz a few years ago and Mikaela Skelton in the 50th house district this year won’t be able to overcome the conservative tilt of their districts.

Talking Politics: City Council Puts Finishing Touches on 2019 Fiscal Year Budget

By • Sep 12, 2018

The 2019 Fiscal Year is right around the corner for  Columbia and city council is working to finalize the budget. This includes major amendments to current city employee wages.

This week 5th Ward Councilmember Matt Pitzer sits down to discuss proposed wage changes for city employees and other budgetary concerns for the 2019 fiscal year.

What changes are being made to the fiscal year 2019 budget for wages?

Afternoon Newscast for June 29, 2018

By • Jun 29, 2018

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Columbia Amateur Radio Operators Fill Airwaves, Train for Emergencies During National Field Day

By • Jun 28, 2018
Noah Taborda

For many, the first thing they do when getting into the car for the morning commute is turn on the radio. It can seem almost like background noise. However, for those camped around Hickam Cabin at Rock Bridge State Park, it is much more.

Today is National Amateur Radio Field Day. Radio hobbyists and professionals have gathered here to take part in this airwave interaction.

Bill McFarland is the Emergency Coordinator for Amateur Radio Emergency Services in Boone County. He became an amateur radio operator, often called ham radio, for over 40 years.

Afternoon Newscast for June 26, 2018

By • Jun 26, 2018

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Afternoon Newscast for June 22, 2018

By • Jun 22, 2018

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Afternoon Newscast for June 19, 2018

By • Jun 19, 2018

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