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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There’s a joke that historical organizations are stuck in the past when it comes to how they do things. You know, like they don’t have a grasp on using… -
Veronica Riddle ran away from home as a teenager. She wants people to know that spending time and talking with troubled youth can be a big deal. Here's…
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Eighteen-year-old sculptor Austen Brantley makes some pretty impressive art. But don't take our word for it, check out these photos of Austen's work, at… -
It’s probably pretty stressful being a high school principal, for all kinds of reasons.But Eric Alburtus, principal of Portage Central High School, spends… -
This week, you may have heard me on the radio asking people a question.What song saved your life? It's not something people are asked very often, but I've… -
All this week I'm doing a special series about music. Why? Read this.I'm asking people a pretty personal question: What’s the song that saved your life?So… -
There's a reason I've been asking this question.I do a lot of reporting where I interview artists and people in the arts communities about why the arts… -
Swimmers and boaters in Michigan need to be more careful on the water."We're at 23 fatal drownings on the five Great Lakes so far this year. It's about… -
What stories should we tell about the arts?That's a question we sometimes ask on our Facebook page. Jason Towler suggested we profile Ypsilanti music… -
St. Henry’s in Lincoln Park held its first Mass on June 3, 1923 and its last Mass on March 2, 2014.At the end of the church’s final Mass, parish members…
