Kristen DeSilva
Audience Engagement SpecialistKristen DeSilva (she/her) is the audience engagement specialist for Nevada Public Radio. She curates and creates content for knpr.org, our weekly newsletter and social media for Nevada Public Radio and Desert Companion.
Prior to joining KNPR in 2022, she worked at KVVU-TV (FOX5 Vegas) and the Las Vegas Review-Journal. She’s won several state-level journalism awards, and has been nominated for a regional Emmy award.
Kristen grew up in — and is a fierce defender of — Las Vegas. She graduated with a BA in journalism and media studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She spends most of her free time outdoors, traversing the Silver State.
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The Dam Short Film Festival returns in February for its 20th year in Boulder City.
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Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman will deliver her final State of the City address this week. Goodman was elected into office in 2011 and her final term ends in 2024.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police announced the arrests of two people in a December shooting that left two men dead.
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Las Vegas police said two adults and two children were killed in a northwest valley murder-suicide on Monday morning.
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The Biden-Harris administration last week announced $72 million "to accelerate restoration" of the Salton Sea in Southern California.
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Officials on Friday identified the third faculty member killed in a shooting at University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Wednesday.
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Las Vegas police identified the gunman in Wednesday's shooting that killed three University of Nevada, Las Vegas faculty members.
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Nevada State Police have named the two troopers killed during Thursday morning’s deadly hit-and run crash along Interstate 15.
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