Wichita Eagle reporters are traveling to both national conventions to cover the Kansas delegations. Watch for reports by Dion Lefler from the Democratic National Convention in Denver and by Brent Wistrom from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
Dion Lefler has been a journalist since 1983. In addition to 10 years on the staff of The Wichita Eagle, he worked as a reporter and editor in Southern California, including at the Los Angeles Daily News and Pasadena Star-News. He has won the National Headliner Award and numerous state and regional honors for reporting on politics, government, business and economics.
Brent Wistrom has covered Wichita City Hall, state politics and breaking news for The Wichita Eagle since 2005. Before moving to Wichita, he was a projects reporter and Spanish publication editor at the Times Record News in Wichita Falls, Texas. He has been honored by the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors and Kansas Press Association for reporting on campaign finance, traffic wreck trends, tornadoes and murders. And the Minnesota native is lucky enough to have close friends who will house him within about a mile of the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul during the Republican National Convention.