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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We’re talking about the most popular hobby in the world, and one that many, many Nevadans take part in: gardening. -
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Employers are required to send W-2 forms to their employees by Jan. 31. That means people have already started filing their taxes and the deadline is April 15. -
Keep it moving with music, film, and a staged reading — all lined up to take you through the next two weeks -
Morgan Thomas peels back the layers of identity, subjectivity, and desire in their debut book, Manywhere -
So you’re on a date. One person pays for dinner, maybe a show on the Strip. At night’s end, the payer might expect something in return. Is that so much different than sugar dating?
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BMI Conversations, episode 2: Morgan Thomas. In this episode, Heidi talks with Morgan about her first collection of short stories, Manywhere. -
Got a high-clearance vehicle? If so, then you can bag this 7,000-footer in the winter sun -
If you’re planning a Thanksgiving with friends — or family, or anyone, for that matter — you might be wondering what to cook, how to plan it, and how to keep your guests well fed and entertained. -
Right now, it’s almost perfect outside: not too hot, not too cold. That means lots of us are out there hiking the hundreds of trails you can find almost anywhere, north and south, in Nevada.
