Julie Denesha
Arts Reporter | KCURJulie Denesha is KCUR's Arts Reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri.
Julie graduated from The University of Kansas in 1993, with degrees in Journalism and Russian Language and Literature. After college, she worked as a staff photographer for The Kansas City Star. In 1995, she moved to Europe and from 1996 to 2004, Julie was based in Prague, Czech Republic, where she covered Central and Eastern Europe for newspapers and magazines.
Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Time, Newsweek, The Economist and The Christian Science Monitor. After moving back to the United States, Julie spent three years working as a photo editor for The Washington Times.
In 2007, Julie was awarded both a Fulbright and a Milena Jesenská Fellowship to continue her ongoing project on the Roma in Slovakia. Her project on the Roma was featured in an exhibit of the Roma at the U.S. Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia, The World Bank in Brussels, Belgium, The Half King Gallery in New York, and The Institute For Human Sciences in Vienna, Austria.
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Flying Asian carp, river barge traffic, and dangerous eddies all awaited Steve Kueny as he floated his massive fruit, called "Huckle Berry," from Kansas City, Kansas, to Napoleon, Missouri. But after 11 hours, Kueny completed his journey — squashing the world record. -
Honey bees may not be native to North America, but the insects are critical to pollinating field crops and fruit trees across the region — not to mention the delicious honey they make. Occasionally, though, Missouri's official state insects make their homes in inconvenient places. One local beekeeper is known for stepping in to help. -
The Missouri Asian American Youth Foundation's exhibit includes work from artists with Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Japanese and Chinese heritage. -
The American paddlefish is native to the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The species has been around since the Cretaceous period, some 65 million years. Each spring anglers launch their boats on the Osage River in mid Missouri in pursuit of these big river fish. -
No more waiting, Kansas City: The Chiefs are Super Bowl champions again, and it’s time to party.
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Missouri painter George Caleb Bingham shaped the way the nation saw life on the frontier. His work spanned politics, civil war discord and rowdy... -
When Robert Vollrath was a boy, trains stopped in the small town of Holden, Missouri. These days plenty of trains blow through town, but one hasn't...
