Kevin Landers

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News Reporter, WBNS-TV (Columbus, OH)

Columbus

U.S. Regional

As seen in: WBNS-TV (Columbus, OH), Yahoo Life, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Sports, Yahoo, KING-TV (Seattle, WA), KHOU-TV (Houston, TX), WKYC-TV (Cleveland, OH), WXIA-TV (Atlanta, GA), WFAA-TV (Dallas, TX), WUSA-TV (Washington, DC) and

Covers: Everything. Main focus is crime, breaking news, politics, local, federal and state courts, terrorism and transportation

Doesn't Cover: Health, and Education.

News Reporter WBNS-TV• AP Reporter Of The Year ‘16,’15,’14•10x Emmy Winner• ’17,’18 Edward R. Murrow Award Winner. 2023 AP First Place Best Broadcast Writing

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Experience:

News Reporter
WBNS-TV
October 1999 – Present Columbus, Ohio Area

*Building and strengthening awareness of our news brand by landing exclusive interviews with news makers locally, nationally and internationally.

*Leading a team of photographers, editors and assignment desk managers to maximize accuracy, and creativity of our news product under multiple deadlines.

*Developing a social media platform involving internet, broadcast and print media to distribute breaking news stories to o…

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New Ohio law requires drivers, passengers to provide personal information during traffic stops

Jul 08, 2026 |

By Kevin Landers

| Yahoo

Follow New Ohio law requires drivers, passengers to provide personal information during traffic stops Updated Wed, July 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Key takeawaysPowered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.

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New Ohio law requires drivers, passengers to provide personal information during traffic stops

Jul 08, 2026 |

By Kevin Landers

| Yahoo

Follow New Ohio law requires drivers, passengers to provide personal information during traffic stops Updated Wed, July 8, 2026 at 9:16 PM UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Key takeawaysPowered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.

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Sunbury residents push to let voters decide on proposed Amazon data center

Jul 06, 2026 |

By Kevin Landers

| Yahoo

Follow Sunbury residents push to let voters decide on proposed Amazon data center Updated Mon, July 6, 2026 at 7:56 PM UTC Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Key takeawaysPowered by Yahoo Scout. Yahoo is using AI to generate key points from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.

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What was your first job as a journalist?

whiz tv in zanesville, ohio.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes

How is social media changing news?

more immediate and often times it's not correct.