Jana Rose Schleis - Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk

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Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome

A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.

Rose LaForest, Nine PBS Oct 1, 2026

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Far offshore, scientists find fresh evidence of human harm to reefs

The Gulf’s Flower Garden Banks has been viewed as healthy, but a new study shows signs of damage.

Elise Plunk, Louisiana Illuminator Sep 21, 2026

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Mississippi River mayors help cities navigate rising data center interest

More than three-quarters of member cities in a Mississippi River coalition have been approached to host AI infrastructure.

Héctor Alejandro Arzate, Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk Sep 17, 2026

Reporter, KBIA

Jana Rose Schleis is a contributing reporter at the Desk, a news producer at KBIA and an instructor at the Missouri School of Journalism. Schleis is the reporter and producer behind KBIA’s national award-winning series, The Next Harvest, which explores solutions to agriculture’s environmental and economic challenges through on-the-ground reporting and contextual storytelling. She earned a master’s degree at the Missouri School of Journalism where she studied investigative journalism and government reporting, and her bachelor’s degree at the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, where her very first radio experience came from the community station WWSP 90FM — Your Only Alternative.