Dana Wright
As a 25-year veteran news anchor and investigative reporter, Dana Wright has covered some of the biggest stories of our time. Throughout her broadcasting career, Dana has had a front row seat to some of the biggest stories shaping the Kansas City community - from schools to elections to devastating tornadoes and major crimes and trials. She's conducted sit down interviews with newsmakers like Michelle Obama and Sarah Ferguson, and she went behind bars to sit down alone with the mother of Precious Doe, a child stolen from the Kansas City community who remained unidentified for four years.
Dana has appeared on national shows like CNN's Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield and Oxygen Network's In Ice Cold Blood and is a frequent contributor to KCPT's Week in Review with Nick Haines discussing weekly news topics relevant to the Kansas City community.
Her stories have earned her several regional Emmy Awards, Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Excellence in Legal Journalism Award and a National Casey Medal and America's Promise Alliance Award for her work covering women and families.
Expertise: Current Events, Journalism, Media, Women in Media
As a 25-year veteran news anchor and investigative reporter, Dana Wright has covered some of the biggest stories of our time. Throughout her broadcasting career, Dana has had a front row seat to some of the biggest stories shaping the Kansas City community - from schools to elections to devastating tornadoes and major crimes and trials. She's conducted sit down interviews with newsmakers like Michelle Obama and Sarah Ferguson, and she went behind bars to sit down alone with the mother of Precious Doe, a child stolen from the Kansas City community who remained unidentified for four years.
Dana has appeared on national shows like CNN's Primetime Justice with Ashleigh Banfield and Oxygen Network's In Ice Cold Blood and is a frequent contributor to KCPT's Week in Review with Nick Haines discussing weekly news topics relevant to the Kansas City community.
Her stories have earned her several regional Emmy Awards, Edward R. Murrow Awards, an Excellence in Legal Journalism Award and a National Casey Medal and America's Promise Alliance Award for her work covering women and families.
Expertise: Current Events, Journalism, Media, Women in Media
Women in the Media and finding YOUR voice in the Workplace
Ideal Audience: Women's Groups, Motivational, Inspirational
In this humorous but educational presentation, Dana shares stories of what she has learned through her 26 years in broadcast news about finding her voice, standing up to bullies, and the importance of keeping a 'nut bag file...'
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Find your voice at work
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Learn tools to stand up to bullies
Why You Need to Know a Good Reporter
In this presentation, Dana explains the importance of why business owners, associations, corporations, and non-profit organizations all need to know a good reporter. She teaches how to get your message to the right people in the media and why this will work in your favor.
Learning Objectives:
Learn how to use the media as an asset
The Radio Dana Diaries Everyone has a story. What do you want your story to be?
In this inspirational and entertaining presentation, Dana Wright shares stories of everyday people who have done extraordinary things. In a world where the media is often doom and gloom, it's uplifting to hear the good news stories. In addition, Dana shares over 1000 years' worth of life lessons from the many legacy recordings she's done with people in their later years. You'll learn what was most important as they look back on...
Media, Motherhood and My Anxiety House
Ideal Audience: General Audience, Motivational, Inspirational
In this presentation, Dana shares stories of how her 26 years in broadcast news and motherhood has taught her about managing stress, Dana also shares her stories and struggles with anxiety and how she has learned to overcome it and how you can too.
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Learn how to stay calm in a frantic situation
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Learn how to manage your...
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