Deborah Shaar
News ReporterDeborah joined the news team at KMUW in September 2014 as a news reporter. She spent more than a dozen years working in news at both public and commercial radio and television stations in Ohio, West Virginia and Detroit, Michigan. Before relocating to Wichita in 2013, Deborah taught news and broadcasting classes at Tarrant County College in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area.
She began her on-air career as a reporter and anchor at various small market stations in southeast Ohio and West Virginia. She fine-tuned her writing and producing skills while working on a highly rated three-hour morning news show at the Fox TV affiliate in Detroit, Michigan. From there, she put her on-air, writing and producing skills to good use: training and developing broadcast news students at Ohio University. As managing editor of the WOUB radio and television newsroom, Deborah served in a crucial role as supervisor of the student-staffed nightly television newscast. Many of her student anchors, reporters and producers earned prestigious national, state and regional awards—and still work in the news business today. She later went back on-air as a fill-in anchor for a statewide news network in Ohio.
Deborah earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in journalism from Ohio University. Her master’s thesis is a historical narrative about the transformation of journalism training at the University of Leipzig, Germany as a result of Germany’s reunificiation.
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A majority of Sedgwick County commissioners have lost trust in commissioner Michael O’Donnell to continue in his elected position and are exploring…
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The race for Sedgwick County’s 3rd District is between a current commissioner and a retired TV news journalist.Republican David Dennis says he wants a…
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Voters will decide whether Sedgwick County Commissioner Michael O’Donnell gets a second term representing the county’s 2nd District.O’Donnell has nine…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has reached the highest levels of Sedgwick County government.County Manager Tom Stolz and at least three other county employees are…
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Voter registrations are up in Sedgwick County, with six weeks to go until Election Day.The Sedgwick County Election Office says more than 312,000 people…
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Sedgwick County plans to set up a “mega voting site” at Intrust Bank Arena for early voting in the November general election.Voters will be able to cast…
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Sedgwick County plans to offer a rapid response saliva test to detect COVID-19 beginning next week.The test will be available at the county’s drive-thru…
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A panel of Sedgwick County leaders dismissed an effort to remove a Democratic candidate from a Sedgwick County Commission race.The panel of three…
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A mask mandate and other COVID safety precautions will continue in Sedgwick County for at least the next three weeks, and maybe longer.Sedgwick County’s…
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A team that responds to emergency calls involving mental health crisis situations in Sedgwick County now has the support to continue beyond a trial…