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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Steve Peterson on why we need to hear the stories his company curates -
BMI Conversations, episode 1: Edgar Gomez. In this episode, Heidi talks with Edgar about his debut novel, High-Risk Homosexual; his discovery in Puerto Rico of a trove of Walter Mercado’s belongings; and common threads between Las Vegas and Edgar’s hometown, Orlando. -
Henderson Symphony Orchestra’s Alexandra Arrieche talks about overcoming obstacles, conducting to Marvel movies, and embracing her audiences -
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We’re thrilled to share that Desert Companion has won 10 awards in the Nevada Press Association's 2023 Better Newspaper Contest, announced the week of September 18 through 22. -
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A Touro University researcher explains his promising find in cancer treatment -
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The publicly funded animal control and sheltering system in Southern Nevada has struggled for as long as anyone can remember.
