Tom Shine
Director of News and Public Affairs | The Range HostTom 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.
And one last thing, he hosts 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 was recently honored with statewide Kansas Association of Broadcasters awards for Was Wichita State really the first college to throw a forward pass in football?, The year Wichita hosted — and then lost — the College World Series, And, One Last Thing: A text from my daughter, Why Satchel Paige might be the most significant figure in Wichita’s baseball history, And, One Last Thing: Memorial Day, and Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Was Wichita State really the first college to throw a forward pass in football? and One Man's Love Affair with Hockey.
Tom can be reached by email at shine@kmuw.org.
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As renowned figure skaters from across the country descend on Wichita for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, we look at the community of people who've found a home on the ice right here. -
W. Frank Barton Distinguished Chair in International Business & WSU Professor of Management Usha Haley discusses what tariffs could mean for consumers in the upcoming second Trump Administration. -
A new Wichita Rowing Association coach hopes to foster interest in the sport for the next generation of rowers. -
June Johnson is a retired teacher who has signed up to be an poll worker each election year since 2016. For her, it's part civic duty and part social activity. -
Mr. Rhatigan worked with students for decades at Wichita State and was part of the university for nearly 60 years.
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Machinists union members, on strike since September, approved a new contract offer over the weekend. -
The annual Economic Outlook forecast from Wichita State University says a tight labor market will contribute to slower growth next year. -
In the small quiet town of Eureka, Kansas, a master shoemaker from Italy is pursuing his craft in a small workshop behind his home. -
Michael O'Neal, the grandson of Satchel Paige, sits down with The Range's Tom Shine to talk about his grandfather's legacy, as well as his life on and off the baseball field. -
Stacy Christie will oversee the first phase of the $300 million Wichita Biomedical Campus, a project involving Wichita State, the KU Med school in Wichita and WSU Tech.
