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Seg. 1: Greeting Card Diversity | Seg. 2: Light Pollution

KCUR | By Gina Kaufmann,
Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Aviva Okeson-Haberman, Melody Rowell
Published September 5, 2019 at 3:58 PM CDT

Segment 1: Making greeting cards more diverse.

Cards are about relationships. So if none of the greeting cards on the shelf represent the person you're reaching out to, or the occasion you're celebrating, it won't feel quite right. Hallmark's trying to make more communities feel "seen" in the greeting card aisle.

  • Monic Houpe, product director, Hallmark
  • Christy Moreno, editorial director, Hallmark


Segment 2: Why Kansas and Missouri astronomers are fighting to save dark skies.

With 80% of the globe now under light-polluted skies, it's getting harder to see the stars, and that's just scratching the surface of the light-pollution problem. Efforts are getting underway to measure light pollution in Missouri, and to preserve the dark skies we still have throughout the region.

  • Don Ficken, president, the Missouri chapter of the International Dark Sky Association
  • Gregory Rudnick, KU Department of Astonomy and Physics

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Gina Kaufmann
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.
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Aviva Okeson-Haberman
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Aviva Okeson-Haberman
When Aviva first got into radio reporting, she didn’t expect to ride on the back of a Harley. But she’ll do just about anything to get good nat sounds. Aviva has profiled a biker who is still riding after losing his right arm and leg in a crash more than a decade ago, talked to prisoners about delivering end-of-life care in the prison’s hospice care unit and crisscrossed Mid-Missouri interviewing caregivers about life caring for someone with autism. Her investigation into Missouri’s elder abuse hotline led to an investigation by the state’s attorney general. As KCUR’s Missouri government and state politics reporter, Aviva focuses on turning complicated policy and political jargon into driveway moments.
Melody Rowell