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| KNAU's on-air and administrative team came to northern Arizona from around the
country, and from a variety of backgrounds. Each member brings a distinctive voice
to the Arizona Public Radio community:
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Gillian Ferris Kohl
Morning Edition host
Gillian came to
KNAU in 2001 as a freelance reporter. Her
first story won an Arizona Associated Press Award. Since then, Gillian has won
numerous other AP Awards and several Edward R. Murrow Awards for writing,
feature reporting and documentary work. She is also the local anchor of NPR’s
Morning Edition. Gillian’s accolades aren’t limited to radio journalism.
In 1975, she won a 10-speed bike for being named the Winchell’s Donut Artist of
the Year. Gillian is also the San Diego County Cup Soccer Champion of 1978.
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Laurel Morales
Reporter
Laurel Morales is an award-winning
reporter on KNAU Arizona Public Radio. At a young age she often alerted her parents
of her older siblings mischief and became known as the informer. She decided to
follow her calling after interning at Mother Jones Magazine and KQED in San
Francisco. She received her master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill
School of Journalism then covered education for the Elgin Courier News. Laurel
returned to radio as a Mainstreet reporter at Minnesota Public Radio. She strives to
find the unheard voice and tell all sides of the story. As a journalist she loves
meeting people from all walks of life and feels privileged to help them tell their
stories.
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Geoff Norcross
Program Director/All Things Considered host
Geoff began his radio career at 16, doing hay reports and
funeral notices at a little AM station in the hills of West Virginia. Since then, he
has worked in a variety of formats in several markets. He had a national audience
for his late-night classical music program on New York's SW Networks. Geoff also won
Tampa Bay A.I.R. and Associated Press awards as best newscaster. He has also won
Edward R. Murrow and AP awards for his reporting. As Program Director, Geoff shapes
the network-quality sound of KNAU's local productions. Geoff lives in Flagstaff
with his beautiful and patient wife Kristy. In his spare time, he spends every
possible moment outdoors, going on foot.
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Duart Martin
Music Director
Duart
was born and raised in England and moved to the States after high school. She is a
graduate of Vassar College and her voice has been heard on KNAU since 1987. Duart
loves working with kids and people of all ages. She is passionate about continuing
education and loves the natural beauty of Northern
Arizona.
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Daniel Kraker
News Director/Indian Country News Bureau
Correspondent
Dan began filing reports for KNAU
from northern Arizona's Indian reservations in 2001, and now heads up KNAU's Indian
Country News Bureau. Dan has collected awards for his reporting on the growing
importance of the Native American vote, the long tradition of running on the Hopi
reservation, and the search for the perfect swimming hole. He's also a national
Murrow Award winner in radio documentary for his story on gay Native America for
Outright Radio. Dan also writes regularly for publications including High Country
News and American Indian Report magazine. When he's not exploring the canyons and
mesas of the Four Corners with his wife Erin, daughter Mia, and black lab Moe, Dan
can often be found on Flagstaff's disc golf courses, mountain biking, and spending
way too much time managing his fantasy football team.
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Theresa Bierer
Announcer/Reporter
Theresa started at KNAU in 1995. She hosted All Things Considered and Morning
Edition until 1997 when her first daughter was born. In the years since, you may
have heard her on weekends, or filling in for other announcers who travel on
assignment or vacations. Theresa's favorite job (after wife and mother) is
reporting. She says she sees the world around her as a story waiting to be told.
Theresa began her career in 1980 as a high school TV news anchor. Her first paid job
started in 1983 at Flagstaff's KCLS Radio. She did TV News in Oregon, Minnesota,
South Dakota & Wisconsin before returning to Arizona and recognizing it as 'home.'
Theresa loves KNAU and its supportive listeners.
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Howard Fischer
State Capitol Bureau Correspondent
Howard Fischer is a veteran journalist who has reported on state
government and legal affairs since 1982, the last 14 for Capitol Media Services.
Prior to that he has been a reporter for the Phoenix Business Journal, New Times and
the (Tucson) Arizona Daily Star. He also served as managing editor of the Bisbee
Daily Review. Prior to moving to Arizona in 1974, he was a reporter for the
Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard. His employment experience has not been entirely in
journalism. On moving to Arizona, while picking up courses toward a graduate degree,
he found temporary work where available -- including a stint as the Santa Claus at
Park Central Mall in Phoenix and, later as manager of a Circle K convenience market.
Aside from his work for Arizona Public Radio, he also reports for daily and weekly
newspapers around the state. He also is a regular participant in the Friday
"journalists roundtable'' edition of Horizon, seen on KAET-TV. Fischer and his
wife, Gabe, live in Laveen, a small unincorporated community on the southwest edge
of Phoenix that has not been swallowed up by the city -- yet.
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 Mark Herz
Weekend Host/Reporter
Before becoming a journalist, Mark worked in psychiatric nursing for a dozen years - the latter half of which he also went to Yale part-time, earning a BA in Linguistics. Then it was on to Columbia University for an MS in Journalism. While in NYC, he reported from Ground Zero on September 11th and fell in love with radio. Originally from Connecticut, Mark came to Arizona in 2004. Before working with KNAU, he reported on just about everything in Camp Verde for the local newspaper there. If pressed, he'd take Stax over Motown, Ravel over Debussy, and the Tuscan over the Flagstaff at Fratelli - but only if pressed.
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John Stark
General Manager
John Stark has been KNAU's
general manager since September 1993, transforming KNAU into the seven-station
Arizona Public Radio network. Stark was named Public Radio General Manager of the
Year in 2000. In 2004 he was elected to the NPR Board of Directors for a three year
term. Prior to arriving in northern Arizona, Stark previously worked at public radio
stations in Las Vegas, Boulder, Fresno and Denver and at NPR in Washington. He
resides in Flagstaff with wife Kris and two teenage step-daughters. He spends as
much time as possible hiking the Grand Canyon backcountry and is actively involved
in numerous local and regional cultural and environmental organizations.
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Behind-the-scenes staff
John Stark, General Manager
Annie Kuchler, Assistant General
Manager/Finance Director
Lisa Skinner, Radio Traffic Coordinator and Webmaster
Marketing/Development
Liz Gumerman, Development
Director
Elta Foster, Membership Manager
Moira Clark,
Underwriting Manager
Shelly Watkins, Underwriting
Representative
Network Operations
Brian Sanders, Network Ops
Manager
Jon Swett, Chief Engineer
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