Kavitha Cardoza

Kavitha Cardoza is a special correspondent for WAMU radio, a National Public Radio-affiliated station, where she covers area news, with a special focus on children, education, and poverty. Cardoza has won numerous awards for her work. In 2012 she received the regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Hard News. That same year, her five-part series on childhood obesity won first place in the Series category in the National Awards for Education Reporting. Prior to joining WAMU in 2008, she was the Springfield Illinois bureau chief for WUIS, and served as an adjunct faculty member for the University of Illinois Springfield’s Department of Communication.