Alana Watson
Reporter/All Things Considered HostFormer student intern Alana Watson rejoined WKU Public Radio in August 2020 as the Ohio Valley ReSource economics reporter. She transitioned to the station's All Things Considered Host in July of 2020. Watson is a 2017 graduate of Western Kentucky University and has a B.A. in Broadcasting Journalism. She also has her M.A in Communications from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. Watson is a Nashville native and has interned at WPLN-FM in Nashville. In 2019, she won a Tennessee AP Broadcaster & Editors Award for her sports feature on Belmont University's smallest point guard. While at WKU Public Radio she won Best College Radio Reporter in 2016 from the Kentucky Ap Broadcasters Association for her work on post-apartheid South Africa. Watson was previously at Wisconsin Public Radio as thier 2nd Century Fellow where she did general assignment and feature reporting in Milwaukee.
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The Bowling Green Warren County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is hosting the statewide organization’s annual convention this month. -
During its latest meeting, the commission announced they want to have an online website for applications up and running by October 15.
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The two bills would codify marriage equality and contraception rights.
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HealthA sexual trauma recovery center has launched a new service that will allow more people in crisis to reach out for help.
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HealthWhat does it mean to have, or not have, a choice? It’s a question that many people are taking into consideration as the nation awaits a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe vs Wade.
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The Warren County-based International Center of Kentucky won’t reach its goal of resettling 500 refugees by the end of the current federal fiscal year.
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The recently leaked draft U.S. Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade has sent shockwaves across our nation.WKU Public Radio wants to provide a platform for our listeners to share personal experiences surrounding abortion and what it means to have, or not have, a choice.
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The Warren-County based International Center of Kentucky isn’t expecting to resettle Ukrainian refugees any time soon.
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Western Kentucky University’s Music Department is working towards improving diversity and inclusion within the program and two upcoming performances are part of that effort.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations in Bowling Green are going to look similar to last year because of the surging omicron variant, but the committee…
