Rose Conlon
Health ReporterRose Conlon was a health reporter for KMUW and the Kansas News Service from 2022 to 2025. She covered the intersections of health care, politics and religion.
In 2025, Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy awarded Rose the David Nyhan Emerging Talent Journalism Prize for her reporting on women’s health, reproductive rights and rural health care access.
While at KMUW, Rose also received national awards from the Public Media Journalists Association for her reporting on turmoil at a Wichita abortion clinic, pregnancy-associated domestic violence and nursing home regulatory concerns. She received a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for her story on religious shareholder activism, and she’s been honored with numerous awards from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters and the Kansas Press Association.
Before joining KMUW, Rose was a Los Angeles-based producer for Marketplace Morning Report. She grew up in Washington state.
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The Trump administration's sweeping tariffs are reshaping the aviation industry. It means challenges and opportunities for businesses in Wichita, Kansas, often called the air capital of the world.
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Advocates say understaffing at the Kansas agency that regulates adult care homes puts elderly and disabled residents at risk of abuse and neglect. -
one small town in Kansas brings nursing home residents and students together as it tests a strategy for boosting quality of life across generations.
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One Wichita manufacturer says tariffs are buoying demand for its products. But industry leaders warn of long-term harm to American planemakers. -
A group of Kansas women say the ‘pregnancy exclusion’ in the state’s Natural Death Act violates the Kansas Constitution. -
Kansas averages 25 dangerously hot days per year. That’s 10 more than it would in a world without climate change, according to the report. -
“The next three and a half years are going to continue to be very bumpy” for the reproductive rights movement, says Kathryn Boyd. “We just have to be ready.” -
Research shows intergenerational connection boosts wellbeing. The residents of Logan are putting that to the test. -
Research shows intergenerational connection boosts wellbeing. The residents of Logan are putting that to the test.
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Officials say an unvaccinated child in Sedgwick County has tested positive for measles.
