
Tom Shine
Tom is the Director of News and Public Affairs. He joins KMUW after spending 37 years with The Wichita Eagle in a variety of reporting and editing roles.
Tom grew up in suburban Detroit and graduated from the University of Michigan. He came to Wichita in 1980 to work for the morning Eagle and afternoon Beacon. The Beacon, through no fault of his own, folded a month after he got here.
In his role at KMUW, Tom hopes to help his staff provide in-depth, quality news coverage. He also wants to assist in promoting insightful discussion and a better understanding of the key issues facing Wichita and Kansas.
Tom and his wife, Sharon, have three children and live in west Wichita. When not at work, Tom enjoys reading non-fiction, attending local sporting events and rooting passionately – sometimes too passionately – for the Michigan football team.
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Ed O'Malley, the new president and CEO of the Wichita-based Kansas Health Foundation, is working to make Kansas a healthier place to live.
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The state constitution itself has its roots in the bitter days of Bleeding Kansas.
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Prairie Creek Elementary School was among hundreds of buildings and homes damaged by Friday's storm in Andover, Kansas, about a dozen miles east of Wichita.
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Tisa Mason job comes with a lot of the challenges many colleges face: building enrollment, working to keep college affordable and the lengthy battle with Covid-19, both here and at the campus Fort Hays State helps operate in China.
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Kansas officials say the state will follow new federal guidance that says people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks or...
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Despite a rocky financial start to 2021, Spirit AeroSystems said it has begun rehiring workers following massive layoffs a year ago.
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Beginning Monday, all Kansans 16 and older will be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Gov. Laura Kelly said Friday the state is ready to move...
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While the pandemic will be remembered as a major public health crisis, it was a significant mental health emergency as well.
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The race among Kansas Republicans to see who will challenge Democrat Laura Kelly in the 2022 governor’s race is heating up.
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When Ray Kapaun’s cell phone rang Thursday morning in his house north of Seattle, he didn’t recognize the number — so he let it go to voicemail. “My...