Kabir Bhatia
Senior Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Arts, culture, history, technology
Education: Hudson High School
Case Western Reserve University
Kent State University - Master of Arts
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Geauga Lake (until 2007); CVNP (2008-present)
Experience:
Kabir Bhatia joined WKSU in 2010 and has been a senior arts & culture reporter since 2022. Prior to that, he was a student employee at the station and also worked in Cleveland and Chicago in print, radio and television.
Highlights:
- 2024 Edward R. Murrow Award (Region 7), Excellence in Sound - "Unspooling Cleveland鈥檚 industrial film and musical history"
- 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Arts/Entertainment Reporting - 鈥淎kron Civic's BOOM! Theater drops the mic on aging鈥�
- 2022 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Reporter
- 2021 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Feature Reporting
- 2020 Ohio Associated Press Media Editors, Best Sports Feature - 鈥淐leveland Might Never Get Another NHL Franchise. OH Really?鈥�
- 2019 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Consumer Reporting - "With Amazon Looming, What Is the Future of Retail in Akron?"
- 2018 Press Club of Cleveland, Best Use of Sound - 鈥淭he Dragon Invasion of Turkeyfoot Lake Could Net About $20,000 For Breast Cancer Awareness鈥�
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The public can visit the former car dealership on Sunday to see its transformation into artist studios. -
The Amusement Preservation Museum has more than a century of history on-view this Saturday and Sunday. -
The second annual event at the John Hay Campus rewarded CMSD students with prizes up to $5,000. -
The 1993 book is now a play, which originates its national tour from Playhouse Square. -
Along with Memorial Day remembrances, you can visit new exhibits at the Great Lakes Science Center and the Akron Soul Train. -
After nearly 20 years with Cleveland Cinemas, the theater will switch management to an Atlanta company on July 31. -
The Beatles were a tough act to follow, but a new exhibit shows how Wings ruled the charts during the 1970s. -
Peter Lawson Jones brings his background in law and politics to new film shot in Northeast Ohio. -
David Huffman, formerly with the Cedar Lee, also runs a pop-up bakery. -
The fourth annual Mandel Opera & Humanities Festival features Beethoven's "Fidelio" and a host of community events.
