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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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. -
Keep moving or die. Oh, and you can never return to anywhere you've already been. How's that for a novel premise? Author Douglas Westerbeke visits with KMUW's Beth Golay about his new novel, "A Short Walk Through a Wide World." Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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The Mike Steinel Quintet kicks off the 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival tonight at the Wichita Art Museum. Steinel is joined by his former student and academic colleague Rosana Eckert who says that jazz has plenty to offer all kinds of listeners. We'll find out more during KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin interview with both Steinel and Eckert. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Roller skating is alive and well in some corners of Wichita. For some, nostalgia is the draw. Others are finding places outside of traditional rinks to spin their wheels. Celia Hack tells us about a few of Wichita's skating hot spots. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Whether you've played soccer or not, you probably know that it can be a challenging sport. Now imagine that you're blind and trying to play the game. Some young athletes in Kansas are doing just that, including 14-year-old Milo Scotten, of Lawrence, who was recently introduced to the sport. The Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kansas, opened a new field last week. We'll learn more about the program. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Nell Freudenberger's new novel, "The "Limits," is very much about the limits we encounter. She spoke with KMUW's Beth Golay. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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It's been talked about for weeks, in the news, on social media and about anyplace else you can name. And the day is finally here: the solar eclipse. KMUW's Rose Conlon has some information for those who are making the trek to the path of totality and for those who aren't. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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A video game writer pivots into fiction, exploring the concept of "what if". And as she tells KMUW's Beth Golay, the transition from one genre to another was surprisingly tricky. The results are fantastical and funny. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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Kansas lawmakers could receive a significant pay increase next year. We'll learn more about that, plus news from Wichita and around the state.
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For Grand Kyiv Ballet principal dancers Kateryna Kukhar and Oleksandr Stoianov the 1841 ballet "Giselle" is a powerful and timeless story. The pair discussed their connection with the piece ahead of a Saturday performance in Wichita. Plus news from Wichita and around the state.
