Karen Tricot Steward
As Content Development Director, Karen Tricot Steward oversees the creation of news and cultural programming and helps set standards and best practices. She manages content on our website and social media. Karen also coordinates the internship program and collaborates with journalism professors at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock to teach students, helping fulfill public radio’s goal of serving the community by being a place of learning.
She started at KUAR in 2001 as a news reporter. She has also served as local host and news anchor for Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
For her news reporting, she has received several awards from the Arkansas Associated Press for stories on topics like the Little Rock mayoral race and Iraq War veterans in Arkansas. She also won a first place award from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting. Karen has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Phone: 501-569-8491
E-mail: karen@kuar.org
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A group of Arkansas lawmakers are headed to Boston for an annual legislative summit . The event, held by the National Conference of State Legislatures ...
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After being called to the White House earlier this week to discuss healthcare, Governor Asa Hutchinson says the Trump administration appears to be...
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Governor Hutchinson and the Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) gave recognition to five university researchers in the state by awarding them an ARA...
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An electric utility that serves about 113,000 customers in western Arkansas says it plans to buy a significant portion of the nation's largest wind farm...
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Little Rock police say 25 people were shot at a club called the Power Bar and Ultra Lounge early Saturday morning. There were no reported fatalities....
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The state's unemployment rate is at a record low of 3.4 %. Susan Price with the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services says unemployment has declined...
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions is testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, as the investigation continues into Russian attempts to...
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Arkansas Republicans are roundly cheering President Trump's decision to join forces with Syria and withdraw from a worldwide climate change accord....
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Little Rock Mayor Mark Stodola and Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan joined a group of mayors from around the nation to condemn President Trump’s...
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A high-powered charging station for Tesla electric cars is under construction in Little Rock. It's meant to fill a large gap in the company's network of...