Kate Concannon
Verified- Senior Supervising Editor, Planet Money
- Senior Supervising Editor, The Indicator from Planet Money
Seattle, Washington
As seen in:
Planet Money,
The Indicator from Planet Money,
NPR,
Flipboard,
WBUR-FM (Boston, MA),
KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA),
WAMU-FM (Washington, D.C.),
KUER-FM (Salt Lake City, UT),
Texas Public Radio (San Antonio, TX),
Philadelphia Weekly,
Boise State Public Radio,
Arizona Public Media
and
Covers:
land use, environment, health, business, growth, culture, politics
Mum, news addict, stranger in a strange land, Senior Supervising Editor, @TheIndicator from @planetmoney on @NPR and founding Editor, Mountain West News Bureau
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Kate Concannon’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I'm an award winning journalist who has covered the West for more than two-and-a-half decades as a reporter, show producer, researcher and editor. I perfected my editing chops as NPR's first Western Bureau Chief for twelve years.
As Managing Editor of the Mountain West News Bureau I manage a team of reporters across Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Idaho and Colorado.
In my spare time I enjoy skiing and listening to live music, preferably with my husband and three sons.
Interview
See all 7 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
part-time reporter at a public radio station in San Diego.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
yes - I learned to type on a typewriter.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
email