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:
- 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Arts/Entertainment Reporting - “Akron Civic's BOOM! Theater drops the mic on aging”
- 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 - “Cleveland Might Never Get Another NHL Franchise. OH Really?”
- 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 - “The Dragon Invasion of Turkeyfoot Lake Could Net About $20,000 For Breast Cancer Awareness”
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Playhouse Square CEO Craig Hassall has big plans for the north side of the theater district, after purchasing the Greyhound bus station and former Cleveland Institute of Electronics building. -
From the bizarre to the bazaars, take in the sounds, sights or frights of the holiday season around Northeast Ohio. -
On Dec. 15, the public gets to see the final phase of the museum's $150 million transformation of the University Circle campus. -
The 1961 holiday classic debuted in New York City but has strong ties to Cleveland, where this year's production debuts Saturday at Playhouse Square. -
In its 106th season ending last June, the orchestra recorded a number of firsts and also balanced its budget. -
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha’s poetry collection “Something About Living” marks the second time in seven years that the publisher has been recognized. -
The grants to 300 organizations are the second part of a two-year cycle, ahead of an increase in funding expected from a voter-approved rise in the county cigarette tax. -
Margaret Hamilton was born and raised in Cleveland and performed with the Cleveland Play House before her most iconic role in 1939's "The Wizard of Oz." -
From covering the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reporter to hosting jazz in the 21st century on Ideastream Public Media, Mosbrook leaves behind 55 years of storytelling. -
Enjoy live music, get a dose of deliciousness or enjoy Cleveland history this weekend.
