Taya White is an award-winning journalist who currently works as a reporter and anchor for KMZU, a radio station in her hometown. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Journalism - Magazine Writing.
Carter Media/KMZU
2020 – Current
Serving rural communities by covering daily and breaking news for a 64-county broadcast market.
Vox Magazine
201 8 – 2020
Pitched and wrote stories that covered the lively entertainment scene in Columbia for the arts and culture beat. Other duties included creating analytic reports, crafting posts for Instagram, Twitter and Facebook and conducting an interview for the Vox Voice podcast.
Columbia Missourian
2018
Pitched and wrote stories about court, crime and healthcare and lifestyle for the Columbia Missourian, as well as general news coverage. Wrote two stories that served as the centerpiece for the print version of the newspaper.
Awards & Recognitions
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2024
First Place
Feature Reporting
Documentary
Breaking News
Certificate of Merit
Breaking News
2023
Certificate of Merit
Feature Reportng
New Series
Breaking News