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’s industrial film and musical history"
- 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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Renowned performer and educator Orlando Watson will plan the 47th festival as he takes over on Nov. 24. -
There are 308 grantees benefiting from the county cigarette tax for the arts. One of them - Ideastream Public Media - was targeted by 11 people during the comment section of the board meeting. -
Near West Theatre presents 'Objectively/Reasonable' on Saturday. -
The festival has been at Playhouse Square since 2022 and now expands back to its original home and into Cleveland State University's film school. -
Kahan served as CEO from 1986-2013 and died unexpectedly last month. -
Artifacts ranging from handwritten lyrics to stage costumes honor this year's 13 inductees. -
Halloween and Day of the Dead are upon us, and there’s plenty of ghoulish – and non-ghoulish – fun in Northeast Ohio this week. -
The bread baking competition in France included 20 teams from around the world, including one from Northeast Ohio. -
Jennie Jones, Robin Pease, Greg Peckham and the Mandel Foundation will be recognized Oct. 22 with the Cleveland Arts Prize. -
Ali Black, Mark E. Howard and Jason Vieaux discuss their crafts, in their own words.
