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 46th Tri-C JazzFest runs Friday through Saturday indoors and out at Playhouse Square. This year's festival provides opportunities for new audiences to connect with jazz. -
Cleveland's Musical Theater Project is presenting 鈥淚鈥檓 Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road鈥� this weekend along with a discussion with the musical's co-writers. -
Giambologna鈥檚 鈥淔ata Morgana鈥� will be on view starting Aug. 30. -
On June 24 and 26, visitors can learn about tracing lineage or the history of your home using records dating back two centuries. -
Celebrate Juneteenth in Youngstown, explore an iconic bridge in Cleveland and more this weekend. -
An article last week outlined what some former employees have called a 'toxic' work environment. -
The 50th CIFF is next year, but some insiders are wondering how different it will look 鈥� or if it can even survive -
The city is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Chris Farley film, which was set in Sandusky -
The nonprofit has landed in a new space near its former home at the Coventry PEACE campus -
"Kwingo's Comedy Revue" opens Friday, followed by "Golden Flame Invitation" on June 12
