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Seg. 1: Female Fire Chief | Seg. 2: Paying For News | Seg. 3: Bison

Segment 1: What it's like to be the first woman in charge at the Kansas City Fire Department.

As Donna Maize takes over as Fire Chief, she makes Kansas City history and achieves a lifelong dream.


Segment 2, beginning at 18:30: How a paywall is changing everything for the Shawnee Mission Post.

As newspapers struggle for subscribers across the country, a news site in Johnson County has only grown since asking readers to pay.


Segment 3, beginning at 36:35: 10 years ago, they welcomed 13 bison. Today, they have 100.

Seeing bison out on the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills may feel natural, but it wouldn't have happened without human intervention.

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Gina’s background combines print and broadcast journalism, live event hosting and production, creative nonfiction writing and involvement in the arts. Early in her career, she followed a cultural beat for The Pitch, where she served as an editor and art writer in the early 2000s.
Mackenzie Martin
Mackenzie Martin came to KCUR after three years as a reporter and Morning Edition Host at WXPR Public Radio in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.