Vicky Diaz-Camacho
Community Reporter
Vicky Diaz-Camacho managed Kansas City PBS's journalism public engagement series, curiousKC. She is an EMMY-award winning producer and reporter for the monthly current affairs program, Flatland in Focus. Her reporting focuses on housing, health, education and culture. Her upbringing on the El Paso/Juarez border as a Mexican-Puerto Rican guides her methodology, which dissects current affairs and reports its impact on people in our community.
Stories by Vicky Diaz-Camacho
Luces apagadas: puertorriqueños en KC están ‘cansados’, ‘agotados’
Las secuelas del huracán Fiona han expuesto problemas arraigados en la historia de la isla con Estados Unidos y la corrupción del gobierno.
curiousKC | A Collection of KC’s Latinx Stories
Here's a round-up of quintessential Kansas City stories to honor Hispanic Heritage Month.
curiousKC | Here’s How to Stay Healthy These Days, Say KC Health Leaders
Here's what local health care experts and public health researchers want you to know about COVID-19 right now.
curiousKC | Call for Questions About How Youth Are Engaging in Politics
What piques your interest about young folks shaping the democratic landscape? curiousKC is now accepting your questions that could appear on the next episode of The Flatland Show.
Students, Librarians and Bookstore Owners Push Back on Book Bans
In Missouri, a new law has librarians bracing for impact and bookstores providing an outlet to learn about banned books.
How Grief Grew Into Garden Therapy for Teens
Months after losing her father, Denise Perkins realized his gardening hobby could be her therapy. This summer, she led a garden therapy class for teens.
How the Plaza Starbucks Closure Went Down, As Told by Workers
It was a typical Monday for Starbucks workers on the Country Club Plaza. Until it wasn't. Here's the workers' story of how the store's closure meeting happened, from inside the room.
curiousKC: What Did Union Hill Look Like Before Redevelopment?
If ever you were curious, here's your chance to learn what Union Hill looked like before it was redeveloped beginning in the 1980s.
curiousKC | What are Reproductive Rights?
“Reproductive rights” has been a Google search phrase more in the past couple of months than in the search engine’s history. Here's why, and what it means.
curiousKC | A Guide to What You’ll See in the Aug. 2 Kansas Primary About Abortion
On Aug. 2, Kansans will vote on a constitutional amendment that would uphold or remove abortion protections. Here's what you need to know.