Jenna Thompson is a Restaurant and retail reporter covering restaurants and businesses in the Kansas City metro for McClatchy. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Journalism with a double major in English from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and joined McClatchy in 2022.

Readers are welcome to send her scoops on what’s opening/closing in the metro.

She’s been with The KC Star since 2022. She started as a breaking news reporter, though she much prefers dishing about eateries.”