Chris Green

is the executive editor of The Journal, a nonprofit news site based at the Kansas Leadership Center, where he’s worked full-time since 2013. He began his career with Kansas newspapers, first covering local government and then the Kansas Legislature.

He has been a Complicating the Narratives fellow with the Solutions Journalism Network and spearheaded efforts to make The Journal a nationally award-winning publication, including a Sigma Delta Chi Award for Public Service in Local/Regional Magazine Journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2019.

A native Kansan and graduate of Baker University in Baldwin City, Chris also earned a master’s degree in international politics from Scotland’s University of Edinburgh. Green and his wife enjoy exploring both inside and well beyond Kansas and have begun a quest to visit all 50 U.S. state capitols. They are the parents of a 6-year-old.

Community

Decade-plus building slump limits Wichita housing choices

Meg Britton-Mehlisch

Twenty years of building permit data shows Wichita lacking 17,000 single-family homes after the pace of construction slowed with the Great Recession. At the current clip for building new homes, it would take more than 25 years to catch up.
Community

Survey: Kansans favor housing choices to deal with rising costs

Chris Green

A statewide public opinion survey conducted by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University found support for high-density, mixed-use housing development despite local controversies.