The newsroom

Local news, without the hedge fund.

Kansas City News is an independent digital newsroom covering the two-state metro. We are small on purpose: four reporters, one editor, and a beat structure built around the things that actually decide how this city works.

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The newsroom meets each morning at 8:30 to set the day. Photo: Amy Hirschi / Unsplash

What we cover, and what we do not

We cover city hall, development, the labour market, the technology layer of local business, schools and libraries, and the culture that makes the metro worth living in. We do not cover crime blotters, high school sports scores or national politics. Other outlets do those things well, and the metro does not need a fifth version of them.

Our bias, if we have one, is toward numbers. When a developer says a project will create 400 jobs, we ask for the basis of that number. When a city department says a programme is working, we ask what would count as failure. That is not cynicism. It is the job.

How we are funded

Three ways: display advertising, a paid Partner Spotlight programme for local companies, and reader contributions. Partner Spotlight content is written by newsroom staff, labelled at the top of the article and in the section archive, and never appears in the main news feed without that label. Advertisers have no input into news coverage. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed here first.

Corrections

We get things wrong. When we do, we fix the article, append a dated note explaining what changed, and leave the original visible in the revision history. Requests go to corrections@kansascitynews.com. Our full policy is on the editorial standards page.

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The team

Four reporters and an editor. You can reach any of us directly.