Wichita Journalism Collaborative

08/26/2025

Thank you to all the local businesses and WJC partners for providing baskets and certificates for our Sept. 4 event. You can register to win from Music Theatre Wichita, Flying Pig Improv Wichita, Spangles, Anytime Fitness, All Star Sports, College Hill Deli and Catering, KMUW and Wichita Public Library. Join us on Sept. 4 at the Advance Learning Library, 711 W. Second St. and register to win. We'll draw winners at 7 p.m.⭐️🍽🏋️‍♀️🎼📔📻

08/26/2025

We think Wichita has the BEST library system in the country! Check out this new way to read books. The Wichita Public Library is one of our partners.

Want to learn how to use Libby, a free eBook service? Bring your digital reader or mobile device to the Westlink Branch Library this Thursday for hands-on help.

Sign up for the class to learn how to download eBooks, audio books and magazines with your library card. Register today at: https://wichitalibrary.libnet.info/event/13233918

08/22/2025

If you're interested in what's going on in local government, then Wichita Documenters is for you! Attend meetings, take note and get paid!

Join us next Monday at 5:30 for Orientation to become a Wichita Documenter! Earn $$ to take notes at government meetings. Come to the Oaklawn Activity Center, 4904 S. Clifton Ave, at 5:30 next Monday to learn more.

08/22/2025

Tom, enjoy your next chapter! Thank you for the expertise and mentorship you've shared with all of us. Congratulations, Suzanne! We're excited for the talents you bring to KMUW and the Wichita Journalism Collaborative.

KMUW News Director Tom Shine will retire in December.

08/21/2025

"I wanted my writing to be important and serve a purpose that helps people." We love this vision from Taliyah, this year's editor-in-chief for The Sunflower, a WJC partner. She's already making an impact and we're excited for all she'll accomplish this year!

It’s going to be a busy year. The beginning of the school year is always one of my favorite times. Excitement, nerves, new school supplies, syllabi — but this year it feels especially different. Partially because this year I’m leading the Sunflower, preparing my team for the tough and wonderfu...

08/20/2025

Family Promise of Greater Wichita helps families with children overcome homelessness and housing insecurity through prevention, shelter, stabilization and long-term support. Read more https://wichitajournalism.org/2025/08/20/how-family-promise-helps-wichita-families-exit-homelessness/ Family Promise of Greater Wichita also will be at our Sept. 4 Priced Out Community Celebration at the Wichita Public Library if you'd like to learn more!

The organization helps families with children overcome homelessness and housing insecurity through prevention, shelter, stabilization and long-term support. by Jacinda Hall Homelessness can happen to anyone, including families. There are very few spaces in the city that help actively or nearly

08/20/2025

Looking for housing and health resources? Plan to attend our Sept. 4 event, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wichita Habitat for Humanity, Family Promise of Greater Wichita. GraceMed Health Clinic, United Way of the Plains, Hope Builds Community, Mennonite Housing, OpenDoor, RSCK - Realtors of South Central Kansas and City of Wichita- Government Housing Department will be there to talk with you.

08/18/2025

Joe Stumpe is not only the editor of The Active Age, but a talented musician who will bring the music to our Priced Out: A Community Celebration on Sept. 4 at the Wichita Public Library!

08/11/2025

Join us on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Wichita Public Library as we wrap up our housing coverage with Priced Out: A Community Celebration. Jessie Gray from Flying Pig Improv Wichita will emcee our event which will highlight the impact and events of this initiative. We'll be sharing more details in the coming weeks.

08/08/2025

A lifesaver and work in progress: Stefania Lugli, reporter for the Kansas Leadership Center's Journal, reports on the city's shelter. While operators are optimistic about its future, shelter residents express frustrations.

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. by Stefania Lugli/The Journal Based on where you’re standing, Wichita’s first 24/7, year-round homeless shelter, now

08/04/2025

News skills and connections are a few of the benefits of the Wichita Journalism Collaborative internship experience! We're hiring for Fall 2025. Apply here https://airtable.com/appvfv6XeKebH6tg4/shrZQRAio5gorsQCC We'll accept applications through Aug. 8.

08/01/2025

From our partner, The Community Voice: Motivated to help one of Wichita’s most environmentally impacted neighborhoods, Safe Streets Wichita is assembling a coalition on Saturday, Aug. 2, to help build DIY air purifiers for students in special education classrooms at Gordon Parks Academy in Northeast Wichita. Come out volunteer, learn how to make your own.

Motivated to help one of Wichita’s most environmentally impacted neighborhoods, Safe Streets Wichita is assembling a coalition of community members, partners and local advocates to help build DIY air purifiers […]