Kavahn Mansouri
Investigative Reporter | NPR Midwest NewsroomContact: kmansouri@kcur.org
Topic Expertise: Housing, education, Freedom of Information Act, government, gun laws
Location: St. Louis
Education: Webster University, Bachelor's Degree in Journalism
Language: English
Geographic Expertise: Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois
Honors & Awards: Knight Chair Award for Best Investigative Reporting (2nd Place, Illinois Press Association), Community Service Reporting (1st place, Illinois Press Association), Freedom of Information Award (1st place, Illinois Press Association)
Memberships: Investigative Reporters and Editors
About Kavahn
Kavahn Mansouri joined KCUR 89.3 and The Midwest Newsroom from the Belleville (Illinois) News-Democrat in 2021.
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. He started reporting when he was 15 years old, working on his high school newspaper.
Since Kavahn has honed his craft in investigative reporting, in which he seeks to tell stories about how everyday people are affected by complex issues. Through interviewing people and documents alike, he aims to uncover stories in which people in power do wrong.
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Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis. But on Wednesday, the beloved pancake house waitress is walking free from the Greene County Jail. -
A Kennett, Missouri, woman went to St. Louis last month for what she thought was a routine meeting with immigration officials to renew her immigration documents. Instead, they shackled her and are now trying to deport her to Hong Kong. -
Lucy Garzón lo arriesgó todo para mantener a sus hijos a salvo, pero terminó perdiendo a un hijo en el país que esperaba lo protegiera. -
Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.
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Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s point-in-time count in an effort to tally the country’s homeless population. Rural volunteers say they rely on the count to aid their unhoused populations. Meanwhile, experts say HUD may be undercounting. -
St. Louis Public Radio obtained credit card statements from former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett that are at the center of a new district investigation. -
States had until the end of September to distribute federal rescue funds to school districts to help students struggling with housing get equal access to education. Barring extensions, most states will leave money on the table — including several in the Midwest. -
Republicans won all the statewide offices up for election Tuesday including attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and lieutenant governor. -
The Midwest Newsroom and its partners found that homeless students eligible for enrollment, transportation and academic support in most rural school districts are not getting these services because the districts are undercounting students without stable housing and not applying for available funds. -
Owners of one of St. Louis’ and Kansas City’s highest-profile development firms face federal fraud charges in an alleged scheme that officials say defrauded a St. Louis city minority and women’s owned business program. -
Backyard and large-scale farmers in the Midwest and around the country report more deliveries that arrive too late for baby birds to survive. The trend is part of complaints about the USPS as it tries to stem budgetary bleeding. -
Backyard and large-scale farmers in the Midwest and around the country report more deliveries that arrive too late for baby birds to survive. The trend is part of complaints about the USPS as it tries to stem budgetary bleeding.
