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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Discover how baseball teams, including the Wichita Wind Surge, are increasing their use of technology.
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Take a closer look at an overlooked piece of Wichita’s baseball history: The 1949 College World Series.
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The tech company is downtown Wichita's newest tenant.
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Textron is looking to take on its next challenge: electric aircraft.
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The Wichita City Council will have a new mayor this year, as well as two new council members. KMUW's Tom Shine and Kylie Cameron sat down to talk about what this could mean for the council and its agenda going forward.
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Several universities, including Wichita State, claim that football's first forward pass was thrown at their school. Who's right?
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Retired Boeing executive Leanne Caret talks about teamwork, the four Gs, Wichita State and women in STEM fields.
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And after a string of gloomy predictions during the pandemic, Jeremy Hill of Wichita State’s Center for Economic Development and Business Research says he’s glad to report good news again.
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The Bleckley Foundation is rebuilding a plane that could revive the story of Wichita’s greatest military hero.