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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The Akron Civic Theatre and Cleveland Museum of Art are among the places you can welcome the Year of the Snake. -
The historic Downtown venue will offer film and live performances after being shuttered for more than a decade. -
In Cleveland and Mansfield, upcoming productions aim to take visitors outside their comfort zone. -
The longtime Hinckley resident spent more then five decades making Northeast Ohio laugh. -
A "Peter Pan" ballet preview comes to the library in Akron while the Found Footage Festival stops in Lakewood as winter rolls on. -
The company, founded in 1979, will present two shows this season at JCU's Marinello Little Theater. -
The East Cleveland artist created the piece in the 1970s, and he is finally seeing his name added. It's one part of recent recognition of his legacy. -
The McKinley Museum recently added a curator of Black history to get the project moving after several years of fundraising. -
The once-thriving Ohio-based chain has had a location in the Summit County city since 1929. -
Cuyahoga Arts & Culture has earmarked $500,000 for Assembly for the Arts to support grants for individual artists.
