05/06/2005

Kia Shant'e Breaux named assistant chief of bureau for Kansas and Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kia Shant'e Breaux, news editor for The Associated Press in Nebraska, has been named Assistant Chief of Bureau for Kansas and Missouri.
The appointment was announced May 3 by Kansas and Missouri Chief of Bureau Randy Picht.

Breaux has directed the state news report in Nebraska since December 2003. She previously worked as day supervisor in the Kansas City bureau and correspondent in Roanoke, Va.

She joined AP in 1997 as a reporter in Kansas City.

In 2004, Breaux won an AP Gramling education award and is using it to complete her masters degree in management and human resource management at Baker University in Overland Park, Kan.

Before joining AP, Breaux worked for Bridge News in Washington, D.C., and Knight-Ridder Financial News. She is a native of Kansas City and a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Breaux succeeds Cliff Schiappa, who was named Midwest regional photo editor.