Tom Shine
Director of News and Public AffairsTom joined KMUW in 2017 after spending 37 years with The Wichita Eagle where he held a variety of reporting and editing roles. He came to Wichita from Michigan 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 there.
In his role at KMUW, Tom works with his staff to provide in-depth, quality news coverage of important issues facing Wichita and Kansas. He also is host of The Range, KMUW’s weekly show about where we live and the people who live here.
Tom is an adjunct instructor in the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University. He also helped start the KMUW News Lab, the station’s internship program, and the Korva Coleman Internship for student journalists of color.
When not at work, Tom enjoys reading nonfiction, attending local sporting events and rooting for the football team from his alma mater, the University of Michigan.
Tom can be reached by email at shine@kmuw.org.
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Downtown growth is seeing a lot of momentum. There is about $700 million worth of development either planned or underway. The most notable project is a biomedical campus that WSU, WSU Tech and KU School of Medicine-Wichita are building together.
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Kansas has nearly 600 foreign companies doing business around the state, and they employ about 75,000 people.
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Witnesses told the National Transportation Safety Board that Gietzen's was flying low in dark, rainy conditions shortly before it crashed last May.
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Mary Beth Jarvis, president and CEO of NXTUS, talks about trying to launch the next generation of entrepreneurs.
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After three years, Jay Miller is returning as the president of the Wichita Wind Surge. Miller promises to cut prices and increase attendance.
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Wichita’s National Baseball Congress has showcased the best collegiate and semipro players in the country for nearly 100 years. But of all the players who have played here, perhaps none is as significant to the city’s baseball history as Leroy “Satchel” Paige.
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After winning a conference championship during his first season, Brown's teams were 32-28 over the last two seasons.
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Dave Robertson will become co-CEO of the company, joining Charles Koch.
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The business organization hopes to develop a roadmap that the community can embrace and understand and support.
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Dr. John-Michael Watson stopped by KMUW studios to talk about his time in Antarctica, why he’s going back there next fall and what it was like to watch the sun come up after living in total darkness for more than six months.