The Wichita Journalism Collaborative is an alliance of seven media organizations and three community groups, formed to support and enhance quality local journalism.
In addition to KMUW, media partners include The Active Age, The Community Voice, The Journal (Kansas Leadership Center), KSN-TV, The Sunflower, The Wichita Eagle and Wichita Beacon. Community partners committed to participating in the initiative include AB&C Bilingual Resources, The Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University and Wichita Public Library.
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With President Trump signing an executive order to close the U.S. Department of Education, educators fear they’ll also lose the McKinney-Vento program that protects the educational rights of homeless students along with it. -
The organization helps families with children overcome homelessness and housing insecurity through prevention, shelter, stabilization and long-term support. -
During Tuesday’s Wichita City Council meeting, council members considered affordable apartments at WaterWalk, but the discussion turned into a referendum of sorts on the development. -
The former emergency winter shelter transitioned to a privately-run operation on April 1. Operators are optimistic about its future while shelter residents express frustrations. -
Homeowners would see $5.75 in savings for every $100,000 their property is worth, but that would likely be offset by increases to appraised values. -
Previously, Tom George converted the former Sunnyside Elementary and Kellogg Elementary schools in Wichita and the former Bown-Corby School in Marion. -
Cuts to AmeriCorps are affecting food programs in Belle Plaine and Wichita and their ability to help alleviate poverty. -
Arland Wallace is finishing his anthropology degree 55 years after he started it, despite undergoing surgery for terminal brain cancer. -
Officials and providers from across the state gathered last week to mark day one of a six-month action plan towards housing more people than there are becoming homeless. -
Eric Litwiller discusses realistic expectations.
