Zia Kelly
Reporter/ProducerZia Kelly graduated with degrees in journalism and public health at the University of Missouri - Columbia in May 2020.. Outside of the newsroom, she works part-time as a personal trainer and competes as an Olympic-style weightlifter.
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Thousands of people gathered at Stephens Lake Park in Columbia last weekend for the 14th annual Roots N Blues festival. This year’s lineup of industry legends and promising newcomers caught the attention of music aficionados like Vox Magazine Arts and Culture editor Evan Musil. Musil spoke with KBIA about what’s new and different at this year’s festival. -
In 1969, graduate student Barbara Papish hands out an underground newspaper on the University of Missouri Columbia campus. The Free Press Underground… -
Many of us these days find ourselves looking around and asking ourselves how we got here: to this moment we’re in, today. How has our history, our… -
Today we’re checking in with our Small Towns in Missouri to see how we’re getting by - out in the highways and byways of out state.In Mexico, Missouri -… -
When it comes to the coronavirus, our city, state and country are going the wrong direction. We are living, working, parenting and trying to stay healthy… -
This week's Columbia city council meeting showed that Columbia is a microcosm of the rest of the world. Within the first half hour of Monday’s meeting,…
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After weeks of re-opening our main streets and venturing out of our isolation, coronavirus cases are rising and things aren’t going the way we’d like. And…
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History is not written in stone. The way we view our history and its stories evolves alongside the evolution of our culture and values. Our legacies are… -
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…
