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Shooting the food

 

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In the Desert Companion secret test kitchen — okay, the home of Staff Writer Heidi Kyser — Kyser and Art Director Chris Smith created treats from kid-friendly recipes that will soon appear in a special edition of the magazine: Desert Companion Family. Here, Chris lines up a tasty shot. What's he shooting? See for yourself when this special issue hits stands in mid-April (see desertcompanion.com for more details). 

Desert Companion welcomed Heidi Kyser as staff writer in January 2014. In 2018, she was promoted to senior writer and producer, working for both DC and KNPR's State of Nevada. She produced KNPR’s first podcast, the Edward R. Murrow Regional Award-winning Native Nevada, in 2020. The following year, she returned her focus full-time to Desert Companion, becoming Deputy Editor, which meant she was next in line to take over when longtime editor Andrew Kiraly left in July 2022. In 2024, Interim CEO Favian Perez promoted Heidi to managing editor, charged with integrating the Desert Companion and State of Nevada newsroom operations.