Bri Kirkham
Digital EditorBri Kirkham is the digital editor for Texas Public Radio. In her role she works with reporters to help transform radio scripts into web articles. Her goal is to make stories more interactive by creating multimedia elements like infographics, maps and videos.
Bri comes to San Antonio after living most of her life in southern Indiana. She graduated from Ball State University with degrees in journalism and telecommunications. After undergrad she continued her education at Syracuse University, earning her master's degree in arts journalism. During grad school she interned at BUST magazine in Brooklyn.
Her professional career experience includes working for newspapers as a crime reporter and digital editor. Most of her reporting focused on violent crime and the opioid epidemic in Illinois and Indiana.
On her days off you can find her at the movies, on a body of water or at a restaurant trying new food. While she loves the Hoosier state, she's excited to plant roots in San Antonio and Texas Public Radio.
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More than 400,000 Harris County homes were without power on Tuesday morning. Galveston received about 14 inches of rain, and Houston saw about 6.5 inches. Wind speeds clocked around 45 to 50 mph in the area.
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A Bexar County District judge will allow the City of San Antonio and Bexar County to issue mask mandates for school districts. Judge Antonia Arteaga granted a temporary restraining order against the state of Texas. The order halts a ban on school districts, cities and counties from enforcing mask mandates.
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Sometime this summer, Fannie Porter's brothel — where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid out — lost its historic designation.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott claims child abuse is occurring in an emergency care facility at Freeman Coliseum. Local and state Democrats are criticizing Abbott for announcing these allegations before conducting an investigation.
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There are cell lines from the 1970s and ‘80s still used today in some vaccine science and — in some cases — vaccine production.
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Following Winter Storm Uri's freeze, about 500 bat bodies have been picked up daily in the past three days.
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From cooking with candles to boiling snow: This is what Texans without power and water are doing to stay safe.
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The San Antonio Water System reports the last blast of this current cold blitz will not freeze SAWS pipes underground, but during prolonged freezing weather, the utility frequently receives calls from customers thinking there is a water outage.
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We asked, you answered. TPR readers and listeners chimed in to share their favorite Luby's memories.
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If successful the measure will repeal Chapter 174, which was originally passed in 1974 by San Antonio voters. It allows police employees to collectively bargain their contracts over healthcare, salaries, disciplinary procedures and more.