I’m an award-winning multimedia journalist, photographer and video producer. I am a general assignment reporter for DNAinfo Chicago, which provides hyperlocal coverage of the city’s neighborhoods.

I have worked at DNAinfo since May 2015, and I interned there twice while a journalism major at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill. I primarily cover breaking news and crime with a focus on homicides and shootings.

I has covered national events like the protests over the police shooting death of Laquan McDonald and the CEO of Chicago Public Schools pleading guilty to corruption charges in 2015. I have also focused on human interest stories that highlight the people hardest hit by the city’s violence, covering mothers slain in front of their children and the assassination of a 9-year-old boy, but also showcasing the way communities have rallied to fight violence and injustice.

I regularly take photos, produce videos and participate in radio segments for DNAinfo. I have designed newspaper pages and created interactive graphics and maps for DNAinfo’s website.

I have participated in radio segments for BBC, WGN, WBEZ and other stations. I can be reached at my email, KBauer@DNAinfo.com. Find me on Twitter as @BauerJournalism.

I am the youngest student to have been elected editor in chief and publisher of the Northern Star, the independent, student-run newspaper serving Northern Illinois University and the DeKalb community. I took the top spot in the newspaper in May 2012 after less than a year at the paper, and I was re-elected by the staff every semester during the remainder of my time at NIU. I was the longest-serving editor in chief in the paper’s history.

During my time at the Northern Star (2011-2015), I exposed questionable university spending and shed a light on the obstacles faced by undocumented students.

I have received national and state recognition for news and feature writing and page design, among other things.