Kavahn Mansouri

Investigative Reporter | NPR Midwest Newsroom

Kavahn Mansouri joins KCUR 89.3 and the Midwest Newsroom from the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat.

There, his beat focused on covering local government, with a mission to hold elected officials and public agencies accountable. He also contributed to the breaking news beat daily and maintained the paper’s Public Pay Database, which tracks salaries and wages at taxpayer-funded institutions throughout the state.

A native of St. Louis, Kavahn is a graduate of Webster University. You can reach him at kmansouri@umkc.edu.

Economy & Business

Hedge fund infamous for gutting newspapers now wants to take over St. Louis Post-Dispatch owner

Kavahn Mansouri

New York-based Alden Global Capital is offering to buy Lee Enterprises, which owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Omaha World-Herald, the Sioux City Journal and other newspapers around the Midwest.