Nadya Faulx
Digital News Editor / ReporterNadya Faulx is KMUW's Digital News Editor and Reporter, which means she splits her time between working on-air and working online, managing news on KMUW.org, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She joined KMUW in 2015 after working for a newspaper in western North Dakota. Before that she was a diversity intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.
Nadya has a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in international studies from CU Denver. Before entering the world of journalism, she worked at a dog daycare and taught English in the Republic of Georgia.
While at KMUW, Nadya has been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media and a first place award from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Award (KAB) for Public Affairs Program. She received first place with Beth Golay for the En Route segment of The Range and second place for Spot News and Station Website in 2020 from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 2019, she received a first place KAB award in spot news for Wichita To Get New Baseball Team, Stadium.
A native Texan and Colorado transplant, Nadya enjoys traveling, reading and hanging out with her dogs, Sunny and Zero, and her cat, Dragon.
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Under former President George W. Bush, the highest ceiling on the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. was 80,000. Under Barack Obama, it was… -
The Wichita Park Board voted 4-3 Friday night in favor of plan to close the L.W. Clapp Golf Course in southeast Wichita.City staff had recommended the… -
Wichita firefighters and law enforcement officers stuck to their promise of stepping up enforcement of fireworks violations this year.Officials have… -
Wichita’s former Metro-Boulevard Alternative High School is re-opening Friday as an art gallery and studio space.The new Studio School has 16 art studios,…
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City officials have delayed a meeting to discuss closing the L.W. Clapp golf course in southeast Wichita.The proposal is part of an effort to fill a hole…
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The number of refugees being allowed to settle in the U.S. is at its lowest point in years.Since October of last year, Kansas has resettled about 230… -
The Sedgwick County Commission voted Wednesday to once again restrict the use of electronic cigarettes in county buildings.Commissioners voted 3-2 to… -
Nearly a year after deciding to spend $4 million for a new pool in District 1, Wichita city leaders are still unsure where to build it.The City Council… -
Andon Shriver comes to the Mulvane Public Library every Monday and Tuesday. On this afternoon, he’s reading a poem book from the "Bad Kitty" series."Meow,… -
Kansas is on its way to becoming a majority-minority state, with white residents expected to make up less than half of the population by 2066.A new report…
