KCUR Honors Slain Reporter With Internship Named In Her Honor

There's not a great deal of payoff for community journalism and today some of our BEST & BRIGHTEST TKC READERS notice a recent effort to honor a fallen Kansas City reporter as her killing remains unsolved.

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Aviva Okeson-Haberman was an accomplished KCUR reporter known for her thoughtful, aggressive and compassionate reporting. She died in April 2021, after a bullet pierced the window of her first-floor apartment in Kansas City. She was 24.

 

A graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri, Aviva joined KCUR in June 2019 as the Missouri politics and government reporter. She interned at the station a year earlier and impressed the newsroom with her work ethic, diligence, conscientiousness and eagerness to learn. Just a few months after her death, Aviva was honored with a national Edward R. Murrow Award, earning the top prize for Excellence in Writing.

Now named in Aviva’s honor, KCUR’s internship program is primarily intended to provide a diverse group of students, recent graduates and other potential journalists with an educational experience, equipping them with skills, relationships and resources that will benefit them as they seek careers in public media, journalism and/or non-profits.

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KCUR's Aviva Okeson-Haberman Internship Program

KCUR and Classical KC offer structured internships throughout the year - learn more here. Aviva Okeson-Haberman was an accomplished KCUR reporter known for her thoughtful, aggressive and compassionate reporting.