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Kansas City's longest-operating Black newspaper, The Call, is partnering with other Black-focused media organizations like the Kansas City Defender and Cascade Media Group to diversify voices and increase digital engagement.

After more 20 years working for Kansas City's longest-running Black newspaper, Eric Wesson had his offer to buy the paper turned down. Now he's started his own publication focused on the Black community, The Next Page KC.

Nov. 9 marks 84 years since Kristallnacht, the infamous wave of antisemitic pogroms organized by the Nazi regime that served as a prelude to the Holocaust. At the time, it was among the biggest news stories in the American media.

The case, which began as a garden-variety employment lawsuit, has morphed into a First Amendment battle.

The media's influence has proven significant when it comes to wrongful conviction cases.

While any number of athletes on the field and court are black, when it comes to reporters covering the action, most are white and male.

As the Russian war against Ukraine continues, so do broadcasts of what critics decry as Kremlin-funded propaganda on KCXL, a radio station in Liberty, Missouri. Pressure is mounting for KCXL to end broadcasts that have kept the station in business.

In 2008, there were 114,000 newsroom employees. By 2020, that number had declined to 85,000.

Supply chain issues have slowed down every industry worldwide, including vinyl records. In Kansas City, one popular rock band has been feeling the pain, but it's more than just the pandemic — or Adele — who's to blame.

Lee Enterprises, which owns the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and nearly two dozen other Midwest newspapers, last week rebuffed a $141 million bid from Alden Global Capital, which has a reputation for saddling newspapers with debt and aggressively cutting costs.

After 41 years with KMBC-TV covering politics and government, Mahoney is stepping away from daily coverage.

Stories about Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's threat of legal action against a St. Louis Post-Dispatch developer and a young white woman's disappearance reveal the strengths and flaws of media coverage.