Nadya Faulx
Digital News Editor / ReporterNadya Faulx is KMUW's Digital News Editor and Reporter, which means she splits her time between working on-air and working online, managing news on KMUW.org, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. She joined KMUW in 2015 after working for a newspaper in western North Dakota. Before that she was a diversity intern at NPR in Washington, D.C.
Nadya has a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree in international studies from CU Denver. Before entering the world of journalism, she worked at a dog daycare and taught English in the Republic of Georgia.
While at KMUW, Nadya has been honored with a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in social media and a first place award from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters Award (KAB) for Public Affairs Program. She received first place with Beth Golay for the En Route segment of The Range and second place for Spot News and Station Website in 2020 from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. In 2019, she received a first place KAB award in spot news for Wichita To Get New Baseball Team, Stadium.
A native Texan and Colorado transplant, Nadya enjoys traveling, reading and hanging out with her dogs, Sunny and Zero, and her cat, Dragon.
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Hundreds of thousands of Kansans are expected to vote by mail this election — many for the first time.The Secretary of State’s office says that as of Oct.… -
After shutting down this spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wichita’s bike share program will resume later this year under a new… -
Electric cars aren't a common sight in rural Kansas — yet.But the town of Winfield — population 12,000, about 45 minutes southeast of Wichita — knows that… -
In south-central Kansas, Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Estes is seeking a second full term representing a district he won easily in 2018 with almost 60% of the… -
Refugee agencies in Kansas are bracing for a historically low admissions cap in the coming year.The U.S. Department of State released a report last week… -
The Walnut Valley Festival wrapped up its first-ever virtual event last weekend after it went online because of the pandemic.Now, organizers are… -
The CEO of Wichita Festivals is stepping down after 10 months on the job as the organization faces a financial crisis because of the pandemic.Ty Tabing… -
The 2020 census count is set to end Sept. 30, a month earlier than originally planned. That’s left census workers and advocates hurrying to get as many… -
Wichita’s mask requirement has been extended only until Oct. 21 — though it could end sooner than that.City Council members voted Tuesday to extend the… -
After five years, the pop-up park in downtown Wichita has closed for good.The park near Douglas and Market, funded in part by a Knight Foundation grant,…
