Kate Archer Kent

Kate Archer Kent launched Red River Radio's news division in January 2006. She gathers news and perspectives from around the Ark-La-Tex for her weekday morning newscasts that air at 6:06, 7:06 and 8:06 a.m.

Previously, she served as director of marketing and public relations forLouisiana Tech University. She also held a similar position at Northeast IowaCommunity College. Before entering educational marketing and communications, she was communications coordinator for Regis Corporation in Minneapolis.

Kent has worked for several media outlets. In 2003, she became a contributing reporter and producer for KEDM Public Radio inMonroe, La., and Red River Radio. She was named Reporter of the Year by the Louisiana Associated Press Broadcasters Association in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010. She was a Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize finalist for a series on drug addiction.

Kent has also been an assignment desk editor for the Fox affiliate in Minneapolis. Through a fellowship with the International Radio and Television Society, she worked as a feed producer for CBS "Newspath" in New York.

Kent holds a master of journalism degree from Temple Universityand a B.A. in English and political science from the University ofMinnesota. She lives in Shreveport with her husband, Alexandyr, and their two children, Bronwyn and Oliver. In her spare time, Kent enjoys teaching twice-weekly, free community yoga practices at Sadhu Vaswani Hindu Cultural Center in Shreveport.