“I used to only look at national news, but it’s important to learn about what is going on in your community. “I would encourage people to pay more attention to local politics and local news,” Patel said.
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He also serves as a board member for the Society of Professional Journalists and encourages people to support local news. Outside of work, Patel enjoys watching basketball, either the Milwaukee Bucks or the UCA Bears, and playing video games.
I think a lot of people forget the impact that Winthrop had on the state, and it’s interesting to share that history with our Arkansas listeners about a figure who gets overlooked sometimes.” “Getting to talk to someone who is an expert on what Rockefeller did for the state and who he was as a person is interesting. “I’ve always been a big fan of Rockefeller, and I love reading about history,” Patel said. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History at UA Little Rock, about his new biography, “Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorkers to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956.” Since starting at KUAR, Patel said his favorite story has been an interview with Dr. Despite his experience in print, Patel has always been a fan of broadcast and figured he would wind up in broadcast eventually. Since graduating, he’s landed positions at the Southwest Times Record and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The professor did a great job of talking about politics, and that made me interested in going into political journalism.”Īs a student, Patel also reported on a state legislator requesting syllabi from UCA, a report that won a second-place award for in-depth reporting from the Arkansas College Media Association. On today's agenda: -A new cancer surgery center opens in west Little Rock -Arkansas State. During my senior year of college, it was the 2020 election, and I had political reporting. Listen 4:17 Here's the latest local and regional news from the KUAR Newsroom for Monday, June 12, 2023. “I did that my junior year and really enjoyed it. “I saw the student newspaper, the UCA Echo, needed staff writers, and they were open to volunteers who weren’t journalism majors,” Patel said. He got interested in journalism while working for UCA’s student newspaper, the Echo. Programming is simulcast on a translator station, 94. During the day, KUAR airs NPR news, talk and information programming as well as Arkansas news and culture. It is a network affiliate of National Public Radio (NPR) and is licensed to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. During the day, KUAR airs NPR news, talk and information programming as well as Arkansas news and culture. KUAR (89.1 MHz 'FM 89') is a public radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas.
A graduate of Little Rock Central High School, Patel attended the University of Central of Arkansas (UCA), where he graduated with a major in English and a minor in journalism in 2021. KUAR (89.1 MHz 'FM 89') is a public radio station in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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