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Leadership
Andale Gross (he/him), executive editor, agross@kcstar.com
Ian Cummings (he/him), managing editor, icummings@kcstar.com
Hannah Wise (she/her), managing editor, hwise@kcstar.com
Yvette Walker (she/her), vice president and opinion editor, ywalker@kcstar.com
Editors
Chandler Boese (she/her), audience service editor, cboese@kcstar.com
Scott Chasen (he/him), assistant sports editor, schasen@kcstar.com
Allison Dikanovic (she/her), local accountability editor, adikanovic@kcstar.com
Derek Donovan (he/him), deputy opinion editor, ddonovan@kcstar.com
Glenn Rice (he/him), politics editor, grice@kcstar.com
Jeff Rosen (he/him), assistant managing editor for sports, jrosen@kcstar.com
Reporters, Visual Journalists, Producers and Columnists
Eric Adler (he/him), depth reporter, eadler@kcstar.com
Rashad Alexander (he/him), service reporter, ralexander@kcstar.com
Noelle Alviz-Gransee (she/her), food, business & entertainment reporter, nalvizgransee@kcstar.com
Ilana Arougheti (they/she), Southeast Jackson County reporter, iarougheti@kcstar.com
J.M. Banks (he/him), culture and identity reporter, jbanks@kcstar.com
Laura Bauer (she/her), investigations reporter, lbauer@kcstar.com
Kacen Bayless (he/him), democracy insider, kbayless@kcstar.com
Gary Bedore (he/him), University of Kansas sports, gbedore@kcstar.com
Kendrick Calfee (he/him), breaking news reporter, kcalfee@kcstar.com
Robert A. Cronkleton (he/him), breaking news reporter, bcronkleton@kcstar.com
Emily Curiel (she/her), visual journalist, ecuriel@kcstar.com
Jenna Ebbers (she/her), Northland reporter, jenna.ebbers@kcstar.com
Pete Grathoff (he/him), trending sports reporter, pgrathoff@kcstar.com
PJ Green (he/him), breaking news reporter, pjgreen@kcstar.com
Vahe Gregorian (he/him), sports columnist, vgregorian@kcstar.com
Lisa Gutierrez (she/her), Kansas City life reporter, lgutierrez@kcstar.com
Jack Harvel, (he/him), Missouri politics insider, jack.harvel@kcstar.com
Joseph Hernandez (he/him), service reporter, jhernandez@kcstar.com
Chris Higgins (he/him), development reporter, chiggins@kcstar.com
David Hudnall (he/him), opinion writer and columnist, dhudnall@kcstar.com
Dan Kelly (he/him), entertainment and calendar reporter, dkelly@kcstar.com
Matthew Kelly (he/him), Kansas state government and politics reporter, mkelly@kcstar.com
Blair Kerkhoff (he/him), Chiefs, podcasts, bkerkhoff@kcstar.com
Shreyas Laddha (he/him), University of Kansas sports, sladdha@kcstar.com
Tammy Ljungblad (she/her), visual journalist, tljungblad@kcstar.com
Dylan Lysen (he/him), Kansas City civic watchdog, dylan.lysen@kcstar.com
Sam McDowell (he/him), sports columnist, smcdowell@kcstar.com
Neil Nakahodo (he/him), graphic artist and designer, nnakahodo@kcstar.com
Eleanor Nash (she/her), service reporter, enash@kcstar.com
Taylor O’Connor (she/hers), Johnson County reporter, toconnor@kcstar.com
Nathan Pilling (he/him), breaking news reporter, npilling@kcstar.com
Toriano Porter (he/him), opinion writer and columnist, tporter@kcstar.com
Kellis Robinett (he/him), Kansas State sports, krobinett@wichitaeagle.com
Alexa Stone (she/her), vertical video content creator, alstone@kcstar.com
Pete Sweeney (he/him), Chiefs Insider, alstone@kcstar.com
Judy L. Thomas (she/her), investigations reporter, jthomas@kcstar.com
Jaylon Thompson (he/him), Royals writer, jathompson@kcstar.com
Jenna Thompson (she/her), breaking news reporter, jthompson@kcstar.com
Katelyn Umholtz (she/her), food insider, katelyn.umholtz@kcstar.com
Ben Wheeler (he/him), law enforcement watchdog reporter, benjamin.wheeler@kcstar.com
Mará Rose Williams (she/her), senior opinion writer and columnist, mdwilliams@kcstar.com
Dominick Williams (he/him), visual journalist, dowilliams@kcstar.com
Sofi Zeman (she/her), Wyandotte County reporter, szeman@kcstar.com
Caroline Zimmerman (she/her), breaking news reporter, czimmerman@kcstar.com
This story was originally published March 16, 2023 at 6:30 AM.
