Carrie Kaufman
Producer/Host(EDITOR'S NOTE: Carrie Kaufman no longer works for KNPR News. She left in April 2018)
Carrie Kaufman is Host/Producer for KNPR’s State of Nevada. She has been a print, digital and radio journalist for 25 years. She founded and published PerformInk, Chicago’s theatre and film newspaper, which became the bible for actors, directors, designers, filmmakers, and funders, as well as audiences wanting to be in the know. At PerformInk, she was the recipient of two Peter Lisagor Awards for Excellence in Journalism – for a feature on Uta Hagen, and for her extensive coverage of the Screen Actors’ Guild Strike of 2000.
In 2007, Carrie was a top 10 finalist in the Public Radio Talent Quest, which sent her headlong into the medium of radio production. Previously she was one of the original hosts of Les-Bi-Gay Radio in Chicago.
She is also a musician, and has worked as a consultant for various non-profit arts groups.
Carrie grew up in Las Vegas, and returned in 2014 with her twin daughters to the city whose mountains she still dreamt about.
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Have a Great Weekend!We debuted this “what’s happening” segment last month, but we didn’t have a name for it. Our entire office brainstormed for hours,… -
We got a first look last week at who is taking advantage of the new Education Savings Accounts. The program is aimed at low-income students at…
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The Nevada caucuses are four months away, and as presidential candidates make more and more trips to Las Vegas, immigrant groups have a message for them:… -
Last month, the debate over sex education in Clark County schools started in earnest again. The Clark County School District board of trustees held a…
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Pre-trial services. It’s a mundane term that can have an extraordinary impact on the life of a prisoner.Basically, it means, “can you make bail or not?”… -
So, who gets minimum wage in Nevada? And how much should they get paid?That question is not easy to answer in Nevada, which has a two-tiered minimum wage:… -
Earlier this month, Nevada’s Department of Employment came out with a statistic that caught our eye: the number of Nevada EMPLOYERS is at a record…
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There has been another shooting at a university.This one a bit closer to home. One student is dead at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and four… -
Sweet harmonies are coming out of the MGM Grand Garden Arena this week as barbershop quartets and choruses gear up for their annual international… -
Low-income students got a boost from the Legislature this spring when lawmakers passed the Silver State Opportunity Grants.The grants pay a portion of…
