Lu Anne Stephens
Director of Content | Assistant General ManagerLu Anne Stephens has held many positions over many years at KMUW, including local host of NPR’s Morning Edition and reporter/editor. In addition to her current duties as Director of Content and Assistant General Manager, Lu Anne produces KMUW’s New Settler's Radio Hour and countless special productions.
In 2018, Lu Anne was recognized with a first place award from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for her production work on a Media Circus promotion announcement featuring Bill Kurtis of Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! She produces the Hidden Kansas segment for KMUW’s weekly news program The Range and was a producer on season two of My Fellow Kansans from the Kansas News Service. In 2020, Lu Anne received first place in Public Affairs Program from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters for her contributions to My Fellow Kansans.
After studying music performance and journalism at Pittsburg State University, Lu Anne completed her degree at Wichita State University in 1995. She has won several awards for journalistic excellence since she has been at KMUW.
Lu can be reached by email at stephens@kmuw.org.
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Emmett Till was brutally killed in Mississippi in 1955. The story has been documented several times but there are still people who don’t know what happened to the young black teenager. Reverend Wheeler Parker says it’s not a pleasant story. A traveling exhibit that tells the story and its significance is in Kansas. Plus news from Wichita and around the state. -
A recent disruption to IVF care in Alabama has some patients in Kansas scrambling to get the treatment in case of any future limitations. We'll hear why one family is rushing to grow their family in the face of legal uncertainty. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Debut novelist Ferdia Lennon adds a contemporary flair to a 24-hundred-year-old history in his book, "Glorious Exploits." Lennon explains to KMUW's Beth Golay why he chose to use modern Irish language in retelling the story of "The Sicilian Expedition." We'll have that conversation. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have known each other for over 50 years, They're now considered two of the leading voices in instrumental rock guitar. Both musicians agree that the foundation for their success was laid when they were growing up on Long Island. They also say that their music teacher, Bill Westcott, was especially important in that foundation. KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin spoke with the two guitarists. We have that interview plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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George A. Romero's zombie horror classic "Dawn of the Dead" is showing on the big screen in Wichita tonight. KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin recently spoke with the film's distributor and Wichita filmmaker Lief Jonker about the enduring legacy of the late '70s classic. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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For this month's Hidden Kansas, we visit an often overlooked inhabitant along the Arkansas River. -
Kansas is the latest state to pass rules against selling ornamental pear trees that are aggressively spreading in natural areas. But these trees are just one of many invasive species that Midwest communities are wrestling with. We learn why people aren’t giving up on the never-ending task of controlling these species. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Sarah Braunstein's latest book, "Bad Animals" was released recently and—as she told KMUW's Beth Golay—it's about a LOT of things. Plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.
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The 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival ends Saturday night with a performance from the Tierney Sutton Band. Sutton, a nine-time Grammy-nominated vocalist, says that while writing material for a new album with the San Gabriel 7, she was struck by the realities of racism in American history. We'll learn more about Sutton. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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A former high-end Kansas City Chef is now running a restaurant out in the middle of Kansas in a tiny, remote rural town. And that restaurant has become extremely important to its community. We learn how a chef who - as he says - got tired of cooking for rich people - is using local food and high end cooking to breath life into a tiny town. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
