Travis McMillen
Video ProducerTRAVIS McMILLEN is the video producer for the Futures Lab, located on the lower level of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. As video producer, McMillen directs and produces regular and occasional programming from RJI’s own production studio, including KBIA-FM’s Views of the News, Global Journalist and Radio Friends with Paul Pepper. He is a Columbia native who started working at KOMU-TV, the University of Missouri’s NBC affiliate, at the age of 16. At 18 McMillen became the audio operator for Pepper and Friends, a community variety and talk show that aired on KOMU for 27 years. It was a position he held for almost 10 years. Aside from audio, McMillen’s duties on the show included field segment videographer and editor and, from 2001-2007, primary fill-in director. McMillen also directed KOMU’s daily two-hour morning newscast from 2001-2008. He is married to Jennifer, whom he met at KOMU. She currently produces the CW News at Nine for the station. They have three boys.
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Mizzou Alumni Association's WALLY PFEFFER is back (after a two-year hiatus) to tell us what's on the agenda at - and to invite the public to - the 20th annual Boone County Legislative Forum, happening next week in Columbia! Also, community outreach manager ABBEY RIMEL encourages everyone to take part in Daniel Boone Regional Library's 2nd-ever "very low key" winter reading program. (4:05) January 21, 2022 -
Don't let 2022 be the year you let your good dental hygiene habits fall by the wayside. From what you eat to how you brush, we've got you covered thanks to Columbia Healthy Smiles dentists PHILIP BATSON and ELIZABETH ABE! January 20, 2022
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Columbia's signature event, the True False Film Festival, is a little over six weeks away, and BARBIE BANKS is still looking for volunteers! Positions vary, so odds are they'll find something that you can do. Also, SCOTT BRADLEY, general manager at Carpet One Floor & Home, has a synthetic, affordable, and of course environmentally-friendly, option for those looking to lay down new carpet in their home or business! (4:36) January 19, 2022
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ITCOMO founder ROBERT RICKETTS is making his debut appearance on our show with some good information about navigating your computer and personal devices safely. (Don't respond to "bait"!) January 18, 2022
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"How does an old white guy like me relate to Martin Luther King, Jr.? I began to look back through my life and realized how many times he, his legacy, his movement, punctuated my life." -- storyteller/pastor/professor LARRY BROWN on his own personal growth by way of Martin Luther King, Jr. January 17, 2022
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Native plant specialist NADIA NAVARRETE-TINDALL is looking for a few good people (even just one person!) to make flour from Burr Oak Acorns. Why? Because it's a rare find, and if found, can sell for upwards of $100. She says if you help make it, she'll help sell it. January 14, 2022
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In late October of last year, social media giant Facebook changed its name to Meta, a nod to the future that founder Mark Zuckerberg thinks we'll all be living in one day. For some perspective on this potential shift in society, we're joined by our resident AI expert and MU professor, SCOTT CHRISTIANSON, who shares his thoughts on living in a world that exists - at least partially - in the 'metaverse'. January 13, 2022
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Heroes Outreach Program founder JOHN MORLOCK has quite the story to tell. A onetime paramedic in the military, upon his return to society, like many veterans, John experienced PTSD; his PTSD was so severe that he took a gun and blew the top of his head off. (He's alive today because "doctors are just better at keeping me alive than I am at killing myself.") In an effort to curb others from doing something similar, John created the Heroes Outreach Program. January 12, 2022
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Will the day come when those with sight impairments get behind the wheel of a car? The answer is yes, according to GARY WUNDER, National Federation of the Blind. In fact, the technology is already out there, but its future is dependent on both blind and sighted people. January 11, 2022
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Columnist/activist/environmentalist KEN MIDKIFF has some thoughts on mask mandates in public schools, and Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt's efforts to sue districts that enforce such rules. January 10, 2022
