Erica Hunzinger
Erica Hunzinger is the editor of Harvest Public Media, based at KCUR in Kansas City, Missouri.
Born and bred in central Illinois, Erica branched out to the University of Missouri-Columbia for her journalism degree and later earned an MA in Humanities (with an emphasis on poetry) from the University of Chicago.
Previously, Erica was the politics, education and criminal justice editor at St. Louis Public Radio. For five years before that, she was a member of The Associated Press' Central Region editing desk, where she took a keen interest in working on regional agriculture stories. Erica also spent time on copy-editing desks at The News Journal in Wilmington, Delaware, and The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina.
She's a farmer's granddaughter, quite familiar with the smell of cow manure and processed soybeans, and tries to nurture flowers and plants in her spare time.
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Washington, D.C., or Topeka: No matter the seat of power, you deserve to know who is on the ballot and what their views are. The time has come to cast a... -
Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health called it an "evolving situation," and has been doing contact tracing as the university began a new semester this week. -
A quick cheat sheet to get you ready for the next election in Kansas, the Aug. 4 primary. -
As the neighboring states of Missouri and Colorado begin to lift restrictions, the governor of Kansas is making plans to do the same. But it's unlikely to be business as usual with the coronavirus still sticking around. -
Five Republicans with backgrounds in health care, nonprofits, politics and engineering are looking to take back the U.S. House seat that represents Johnson, Wyandotte counties and a slice of Miami County. -
Two Baptist churches that sued Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly over an executive order restricting church services to 10 or fewer congregants will be able to meet. Another hearing is scheduled for April 23. -
At least six female athletes at the University of Kansas reported they experienced unwanted touching from a massage therapist who was recently charged... -
Kansas state officials “strongly recommended” on Sunday that all K-12 schools close for the coming week, and said they’re looking at the potential of... -
The Kansas City metro area is among three sites still in the hunt to become the next location for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's research arms. -
Major League Baseball is staring down a gender problem. And despite initiatives meant to bring more women into its dugouts, executive offices and...
