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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Are you prepared for an emergency? While Las Vegas doesn't see hurricanes or tornadoes, the valley and its residents are always at risk of fires, flooding, earthquakes and extreme heat. -
Officials with Clark County said power has been restored to the Kinder Morgan pipeline that serves Southern Nevada and there is no threat to the fuel supply. -
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Residents of the Bay Area were under a temporary tsunami warning on Thursday morning, after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast. In two minutes, the shock traveled in the earth hundreds of miles to the Nevada border, affecting the endangered Devils Hole pupfish. -
Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, the EPA estimates that waste in the U.S. increases by more than 25%, or by about 1 million tons. That’s 2 billion pounds of garbage. -
Yes, many of us in Nevada had this past Friday off for Nevada Day (observed), but the true Nevada Day is October 31, the anniversary of when Nevada became a state in 1864.
