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

The Filter | Verify This

Ever wonder how belief systems are shaped? How about misinformation? In episode four of the Filter podcast, our hosts Ieshia and Vicky do just that.

Felicia Honey, a nursing assistant, poses with a nursing home resident. Honey is a college student who's helped at Benton House of Lenexa during the historic staffing shortage.

Health Care Workers Are Leaving and Seniors’ Lives are At Risk

Nursing homes are experiencing a labor crisis. Here's what this means for Kansas City centers.

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Trailer: The Filter Ep. 4 Teaser on Beliefs and Misinformation

In this teaser, you'll get a peek at what episode four is about: belief systems and misinformation.

A photo of a doctor, a parent and a child getting a vaccine against a backdrop of light yellow and pink. This illustrates local doctors' urgency to get folks vaccinated during the recent COVID surge.

10 Things KC Doctors Want You to Know About the Recent COVID Surge

On Dec. 17, physicians and hospital leaders united to share their message of urgency in light of the recent COVID surge. Here are 10 takeaways.

A view of power lines against a pink sunset illustrates a story about how the climate changes affect utility costs and burdens. Flatland reporters Vicky Diaz-Camacho and Catherine Hoffman will report on this issue for the next Flatland Show episode, entitled "The Cost of Utilities in Kansas City."

curiousKC | Help Inform Our Coverage of the Climate and Utility Bill Crisis

Flatland will report on the climate and utility cost issue for the next Flatland Show episode. What questions do you want our team to investigate?

A multi-colored mural of Osage Nation members against a light pink backdrop. This story outlines the erasure of one of the many Native American nations who resided on what we now know at Kansas City.

curiousKC | How the People Who Are Native to KC Lived, and Why Their Story Has Been Erased

The story of how Kansas City came to be often eliminates the story of the tribes who were forcibly removed. This is the story of the Osage Nation.

The Filter | Idle Hands

In episode 3, Filter podcast hosts Ieshia Downton and Vicky Diaz-Camacho feature people who've done something they find meaningful with the extra time we all found ourselves with during lockdown.

From left to right: Sanaa Best, senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy; Tymia Morgan, teacher at Center High School; and Jude Anderson, senior at Lincoln College Preparatory Academy.

Students Want to Learn ‘History As It Is, As it Was’

Increasingly, K-12 classrooms have become hotbeds for debate about what should or should not be taught, especially when it centers around race and history. Students and educators share their thoughts.

A woman shops in a farmer's market surround

curiousKC | Shape Our Coverage About Food Access and Security

What conversations are missing about food security, access and economy in Kansas City? Shape our coverage through curiousKC.

School books

Critical Race Theory: War of Words, and Curriculums

Suburban school districts are grappling with how to teach race in education, becoming ground zero in an increasingly politicized fight over critical race theory and diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

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