Katie Moore
Staff Writer, The Marshall ProjectContact: kmoore@themarshallproject.org
Job Title: Staff Writer
Topic Expertise: Policing, prison conditions and the death penalty in St. Louis and across Missouri.
Location: St. Louis
Geographic Expertise: Missouri
Education: University of Kansas and University of San Diego
Language: English
Honors & Awards: Kansas Press Association - first place for investigative and environmental stories (2024); Scripps Howard Distinguished Service to the First Amendment (2024), Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - Woodward & Bernstein Award (2020), Kansas City Press Club - first place for investigative reporting and breaking news (2019), Kansas Press Association - first place for digital project and feature package (2019), Kansas City Press Club - first place for police beat and general news reporting (2018)
About Katie
Katie Moore is a staff writer with The Marshall Project based in St. Louis and has nearly a decade of reporting experience.
Before joining The Marshall Project, she was the justice reporter at The Kansas City Star. She was part of a team that reported on racism within the Kansas City Police Department that led to a federal investigation and worked on projects about Missouri’s public defender system and deadly police chases.
Moore has also reported for The Topeka Capital-Journal and was a fellow with the International Women’s Media Foundation.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in Peace and Justice Studies from the University of San Diego.
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Missouri's system often takes years to resolve a misconduct allegation, in some cases allowing officers to move on to a new department. In one glaring example, former Kansas City detective Eric DeValkeneare took five years to surrender his license after being convicted for manslaughter. -
Honesty Bishop was attacked by her cellmate. Missouri prison officials deemed her sexually active and kept her in isolation for over six years.
