Our Purpose: The Wichita Journalism Collaborative is a coalition of newsrooms and community partners joining forces to help meet news and information needs in and around Wichita. We aim to support and enhance quality local journalism.
We all desire a place to call home, but is affordable, quality housing out of reach for many Wichitans? The members of the Wichita Journalism Collaborative are working together to investigate and report on this issue. Learn more
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Getting past the stop sign for housing in southeast Kansas
Southeast Kansas has lagged other parts of the state in meeting the demand for housing…
City Council candidates in District 1 to participate in forum at WSU
By Jacinda Hall/Wichita Journalism Collaborative The Wichita Journalism Collaborative will hold a forum on July…
Reality Check:Who benefits from Wichita tax-cut plan? Not that many property owners, analysis finds
By Chance Swaim/The Wichita Eagle In our Reality Check stories, Wichita Eagle journalists dig deeper into…
ALICE families walk tightrope of financial insecurity
A growing population in Kansas is falling victim to increasing inflation and rising costs of…
Blackbear Bosin Academy, ‘a really cool building,’ about to debut as apartments
By Carrie Rengers/The Wichita Eagle The new apartments at the former Blackbear Bosin Academy, which is…
‘Hobo codes’ public art tracks the past alongside the present
By Stefania Lugli/The SHOUT Editor’s note: This story is being republished with permission from The Shout, Wichita-based independent newsroom…
Laundry Love brings people together, one load at a time
By Suzanne Perez/KMUW Every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at Spring Clean Laundry in…
Camarenas bank on future of North End, Hispanic youth
By Joe Stumpe/The Active Age Ariel Rodriguez remembers the day in 2021 that Gene and…
New housing developments in Harper County aim to attract residents
by Carina Branson, Zena Taher/KSN Two new housing developments broke ground in Harper County on Wednesday….
‘Nowhere to go but up’: How a WSU student went from addiction, incarceration and homelessness to crossing the graduation stage
Ainsley Smyth/The Sunflower Robin Monroe walked into the Online and Adult Learners office at Wichita…
Crowd of 1,300 believers seeks ‘Justice Together’ for housing and homeless in Wichita | Opinion
By Dion Lefler/The Wichita Eagle When was the last time you saw 1,300 Wichita-area residents come…
Wichita officials aim to expand affordable housing fund and municipal ID program
by Stefania Lugli/The Journal Wichita City Council members vocalized support toward securing sustainable funding for the…