Hunter Bassler

About

Hunter is a digital producer and reporter for KSDK 5 On Your Side in St. Louis, where they report on environmental, climate and infrastructure news happening throughout Missouri. Before their move back to the Midwest, Hunter was a digital producer and reporter for 12News in Phoenix since Jan. 2020, where they wrote articles focused on Arizona's environmental water crisis, infrastructure, and history, along with creating online assets and digital-first angles to go along with their station's on-air reporter stories. Before arriving at 12, Hunter reported on Brexit and Artificial Intelligence in Brussels at the regulatory wire service MLex, wrote and produced content on global free speech issues for the online and NPR-member station program Global Journalist, and was the multimedia editor for Columbia, Missouri's entertainment magazine, Vox. Hunter graduated from the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri with a bachelor’s in Convergence Journalism. A southern Illinois native, Hunter was raised in Troy and graduated from Triad High School. In their spare time, they enjoy watching movies, going for hikes with their two dogs, checking out the best and most unknown food spots, and spending time with the love of their life, Jess.