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Alex Smith wins prestigious National Murrow Award

KCUR health reporter Alex Smith has won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for a radio feature about a deaf man who regained his hearing through cochlear implants. Smith graduated in 2002 from UMKC, where he majored in communications studies. Read more…


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