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Shannon Young

KGNU News and Public Affairs Director

Young is a longtime independent journalist, with a vast history in editorial and production leadership. She has been working in Mexico as a foreign correspondent and regularly contributed to PRX’s “The World,” Public Radio International, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), The Guardian, Vice News, Truthout, and the Texas Observer.

She is fluent bilingual English-Spanish and made the move from Oaxaca, Mexico to lead the KGNU News Department in 2021.