Heidi Kyser
Managing EditorDesert Companion welcomed Heidi Kyser as staff writer in January 2014. In 2018, she became 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, CEO Favian Perez promoted Heidi to managing editor, charging her with integrating the Desert Companion and State of Nevada newsrooms.
In her 20 years as a print and on-air journalist, Heidi’s done it all, from news writing for weekly business magazines, to producing multimedia pieces for alt weeklies, winning a load of Eddie, Maggie, and Nevada Press Association awards along the way. She left academics after getting a master's degree from Harvard, so she could pursue research and writing with more immediacy.
When she’s not camping, hiking, riding her bike, or doing some other outdoor activity with her husband, Heidi is most likely to be found on a yoga mat, being spotted by her 100-pound pit bull Buster.
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Longtime writer and editor Andrew Kiraly shares fondest memories and thoughts on the future of news media in his hometown. -
Author KB Brookins believes in the power of the written, and spoken, word to change lives. Their story, chronicled in Pretty: A Memoir, is living proof -
Nonprofits that serve meals to food-insecure Nevadans need help now and beyond the holidays, charity CEO says -
KB Brookins is one of Black Mountain Institute’s 2025-26 Shearing Fellows. KB is the author of two poetry collections — How to Identify Yourself With a Wound and Freedom House —which have won them numerous national awards, including one from the Academy of American Poets. -
The WNBA Finals are underway, as the Las Vegas Aces face off against the Phoenix Mercury -
A conversation with UNLV political science professor Rebecca Gill and Suffs creator Shaina Taub -
A conversation about the Forever One memorial to victims and survivors of the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting on Oct. 1, 2017 -
KNPR talks to contributing writer and hiking expert Alan Gegax about his favorite hikes for fall -
The latest on the estate of tech entrepreneur Tony Hsieh illustrates the importance of having a will ... for everyone. -
Overview and Outlook of fires burning near Jacob Lake and in Grand Canyon National Park's North Rim
