Daniel Breen
News DirectorDaniel Breen is a Little Rock-based reporter, anchor and producer and currently serves as News Director of Little Rock Public Radio.
A native of the Natural State, Daniel got his start as a reporter and editor for Little Rock Central High School’s Tiger Newspaper and later graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a B.A. in mass communication with an emphasis in journalism. Daniel currently serves as a reporter and news anchor at KUAR, and as co-host and producer of The Arkansas Newswrap.
Daniel's work has been heard on NPR as well as numerous public radio stations in the South. He has earned awards from the Arkansas Society of Professional Journalists, the National Federation of Press Women and the Arkansas-Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters contest. He has also done freelance production work for numerous media outlets and podcasts, including Vox, BBC Radio 4 and Malcolm Gladwell's Revisionist History podcast.
In his spare time, Daniel enjoys playing guitar, drinking copious amounts of coffee and exploring the wilderness of Arkansas.
Phone: (501) 916-6380
Email: daniel@kuar.org
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson says the state will face a $353 million budget shortfall over the next three months as it postpones the state individual income tax… -
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says as many as 1,000 Arkansans could be hospitalized due to COVID-19, with the state expected to reach its peak number of coronavirus… -
For the second time this week, Arkansas has seen its largest single-day increase in the number of coronavirus cases; up to 96 Friday, from 62 on… -
The number of coronavirus cases in Arkansas has risen to 62, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Thursday. That included people in nine counties that have not… -
Health officials say Arkansas has seen the largest single-day increase in positive test results for the coronavirus since the first case was identified… -
Arkansas has six new presumptive positive cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number to 22.Of the six new positive cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said… -
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says three more people in Arkansas are presumed to have tested positive for the coronavirus, bringing the total number of presumptive… -
Arkansas now has its first presumptive case of the coronavirus. Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the head of the state Department of Health announced Wednesday the… -
While Arkansas still does not have a confirmed case of the coronavirus, Little Rock city officials are preparing for the impact of its eventual spread.In… -
State health officials are advising the general public not to panic about the spread of the coronavirus to Arkansas, but that it will inevitably do so.At…
