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Seg. 1: Kansas Addresses Bullying | Seg. 2: Women On The Op-Ed Page

Segment 1: State task force on bullying looks to multiple stakeholders for information on harmful harassing behavior 

The Kansas Department of Education has brought together educators, legislators, students and others to garner recommendations as part of its efforts "to better understand how to combat" bullying. The co-chair of the task force discussed how big the problem is, the impact of technology as a means of bullying and why application of the state policies on bullying may not be applied equally by school districts across Kansas.    


Segment 2, beginning at 22:17: Men three times more likely than women to be published on the op-ed page

Women have proven they can write intelligent and informed opinion pieces yet getting those in front of content consumers is still a challenge. Two veterans of the editorial page offered their thoughts on why women's voices are being heard less than men's are and had some advice for both on how to get their voices heard.

Trish Hall speaks at 6:30 on Wednesday, August 28, at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64112.

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Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.
Danette (Danie) Alexander first came to KCUR in 2007 as an intern for Up to Date after completing her B.A. in Communications at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. After her KCUR internship was completed, Danie continued to spend her mornings assisting senior producer Stephen Steigman as a volunteer with the show. Her radio experience also includes stints with public radio's New Letters on the Air as a broadcast engineer and on local public radio as host of a weekly overnight call-in show.