Kyle Norris
former producerKyle Norris is from Michigan and spent ten years as a host and reporter with Michigan Radio, the state’s largest NPR-affiliate. He lives in Seattle and works as a substitute host and producer at KNKX.
His stories are intimate and character-driven. He explores issues surrounding identity, health, religion, poverty, and arts & culture narratives.
Norris is known for his sound-rich style of storytelling and conversational, expressive tone.
His stories have appeared on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace, Here and Now, The Splendid Table, The Environment Report, and World Vision Report.
He was selected as a 2016 New Voice Scholar from the Association for Independents in Radio and has won a Clarion Award in 2016 for his work on a radio documentary about life for military veterans in Michigan. His awards include 1st place for enterprise/investigative reporting from PRNDI (Public Radio News Directors Inc.) and a "best of" award for individual reporting from the Michigan Associated Press.
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Restaurants, businesses and galleries will showcase local art in downtown Kalamazoo at the city's monthly art hop. It happens on the first Friday of the… -
When you think about improvisation you might think of comedy or jazz. The idea of cartooning or drawing comics is probably not what comes to mind. But a… -
Scholarships for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students are popping up all over the country and Lansing Community College has just created its… -
Efforts to attract and keep well-educated immigrants to the Detroit and Ann Arbor regions may provide stepping stones to a statewide program. Governor…
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You can check-out some high-level squash in metro Detroit this weekend. And no, I’m not talking about butternut and acorn. I’m talking about the sport.The… -
The Cost of CreativityPart 1http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/michigan/local-michigan-948560.mp3Part… -
Update: 11:07 a.m.:The Detroit Free Press has an update on the shooting at a Detroit police station yesterday:Detroit Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr said… -
Detroit’s empty buildings are the focus of an art exhibit at the Northville Art House.Erik Olson is a painter and teaches at the College for Creative… -
Plenty of kids in Michigan need an adult mentor. That’s according to Paula Kaiser VanDam, executive director of the Michigan Community Service… -
A group of artists in Saginaw has been spray painting the lyrics to Simon & Garfunkel's bittersweet song "America" onto vacant buildings in Saginaw.NPR…
