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
A Review of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Impact on Kansas City
Each year, Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy is observed. These are Flatland's stories in remembrance.
Parents, Kids and Doctors ‘Exhausted’ by Trio of Respiratory Illnesses Hitting KC
The steep rise in child illnesses is an 'unimaginable amount of work and stress,' one Kansas City parent says. Pediatricians feel the same.
Flatland on Kansas City PBS: A Year in Review
Flatland's Emmy-winning reporting team looks back on some of the biggest issues over the past year, and how they may unfold in 2023.
In Their Own Words: How HIV and AIDS Changed the Lives of 3 Kansas Citians
Three people living with HIV in Kansas City share what life is like and what they've experienced.
National Rural Health Day Highlights Growing Needs in Kansas
The Kansas Rural Health Association is gathering on Thursday to discuss the challenges facing rural health care.
Inside the Sludge: How Experts Run COVID Wastewater Testing
Flatland takes you behind the scenes of a two-year project that tracks COVID in wastewater.
curiousKC | What Questions Do You Have Since HIV/AIDS First Emerged 40 Years Ago?
This month, Flatland reporters focus on the implications the HIV epidemic has had on health equity. What questions should we cover?
curiousKC | How Mexican Communities Kept KC Boxcars Cold
This is the story of "La Hielera" aka "The Ice Plant," the tiny Mexican community nestled behind the 42nd Street Bridge and Santa Fe Railroad main line.
Lights Out: Puerto Ricans in KC Are ‘Tired,’ ‘Enraged’
Puerto Ricans who've made Kansas City their home reflect on the hurricane aftermath, and what they want folks to understand.
Luces apagadas: puertorriqueños en KC están ‘cansados’, ‘agotados’
Las secuelas del huracán Fiona han expuesto problemas arraigados en la historia de la isla con Estados Unidos y la corrupción del gobierno.