Charles Gusewelle graduated from Westminster College in 1955 and became a reporter for The Kansas City Star that same year. After service as 1st Lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne from 1956 to 1958, he continued at The Star as editorial writer on foreign affairs, foreign affairs editor, and, in 1979, he assumed his present assignment as associate editor and columnist. His thrice-weekly column is distributed nationally by the New York Times News Service.
This will be the third time Gusewelle has joined the KCPT production staff. His first encounter began after he returned from a 2800-mile expedition from the source to the mouth of the Lena River in Siberia. That journey resulted in A Great Current Running, a 90-minute documentary of the adventure, which he produced in conjunction with KCPT. In 1997, Gusewelle wrote and narrated the 90-minute documentary, This Place Called Home; a poignant look back at Kansas City's history told through the memories of everyday people.
Gusewelle is the author of six books. His writings have been included in Harpers, American Heritage, The Paris Review, and in the anthology, A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage.
Connie Dover is an accomplished interpreter of the traditional music of Great Britain and Ireland. Her soaring, crystal clear voice displays a depth and breadth of range that have earned her a place among the world's best Celtic singers, a distinction all the more remarkable as she was born in Arkansas and raised in Missouri. She has four solo albums; Somebody (1991), The Wishing Well (1994), If Ever I Return (1997) and The Border of Heaven (March 2000).
More info on Connie Dover www.conniedover.com
Michael
Murphy, Producer/Editor
This is Michael Murphy's
third collaboration with Charles Gusewelle. Previously, Murphy served
as Producer and Editor for This Place Called Home, a look back at Kansas
City's past; and as Editor on A
Great Current Running, the account of the Gusewelle's 1991 Siberian
river expedition. A staff member at KCPT since 1979, Murphy has worked
on such series as Kansas City Illustrated, KCPT Marquee, and is co-producer
for the Emmy Award-winning Rare
Visions and Roadside Revelations.
Randy
Mason, Executive Producer
Randy Mason is KCPT's
executive producer, cultural affairs. He joined the station in 1984 to
produce and report on Kansas City Illustrated. Along with the series KCPT
Marquee and Rare
Visions and Roadside Revelations, he served as producer for This
Place Called Home and a documentary on Kansas City's Jazz Pub Crawl.
Dave
Burkhardt, Videographer
Since joining the staff
in 1989, Dave Burkhardt had contributed camera work and production service
on countless programs for KCPT, from magazine series such as Kansas City
Illustrated and City Watch to the popular documentaries Remember
Me, KC, The
Royal Years, and This
Place Called Home.
Kriss
Avery, Sound Designer
Kriss Avery
has been designing and producing film and video soundtracks for more than
sixteen years and owns her own company, Rainbow
Sound. This is her second project with KCPT - her first, This Place
Called Home. She has worked on numerous motion picture, television and
video productions and is also noted for her sound design for the feature
film, Ninth Street written and directed by local director, Kevin Wilmott.
