Alana Watson
Specialist, Student Reporting & Producing/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 and became the student reporting and producing specialist in 2023. Watson has a B.A. in Broadcasting Journalism for Western Kentucky University and a M.A in Communications from Austin Peay State University. She is a Nashville native and has interned at WPLN-FM in Nashville. Watson was also a 2nd Century Fellow for Wisconsin Public Radio before rejoining WKU Public Radio. She has received numerous awards for her reporting.
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Demand for vaccines has decreased in recent weeks and less than 50% of the U.S. population is full vaccinated.While in Bowling Green Thursday, U.S. Senate…
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The Warren County based International Center of Kentucky is expecting an influx of refugees in the next few months. Resettlement programs have struggled…
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On June 19, hundreds of people gathered in Bowling Green to celebrate Juneteenth for the first time as a federal holiday. In January of 1863, President…
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Mammoth Cave National Park is anticipating a busy summer season as COVID-19 restrictions are coming to an end. Park officials are encouraging people to…
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In a letter sent to Governor Andy Beshear, seventeen Kentucky organizations are urging him to commit to keeping federal unemployment benefits that are set…
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Kentucky’s workforce diversity is growing, but there are still significant incomes disparities between racial and ethnic groups, according to a new report…
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Colleges and universities across the country recently celebrated graduates from the spring class of 2021. Those degree-holders are entering a job market…
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Roughly a million students attend college around the Ohio Valley, and the student-age population has an especially high rate of coronavirus infection.…
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A new all-inclusive playground that allows children with disabilities and special needs to play alongside their peers is now open to the public in Bowling…
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Election reform efforts to expand ballot access made little headway around the Ohio Valley, as only one state in the region made voting easier, according…