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Our Newsrooms

The Beacon serves Kansas and Missouri through our two newsrooms in Wichita and Kansas City, along with statehouse reporters in Topeka and Jefferson City.
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We serve revelatory, data and solutions-driven stories to the Kansas City-metro centered around issues in health care, education, labor, housing, and state and local government.

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Wichitans deserve a trusted source for unbiased, independent local news. We’re here to provide it — and partnering with the community to make it happen.

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Our
Team

The Beacon’s staff handle editorial content, audience development and day-to-day newsroom operations. The editorial independence of our editors and reporters is critical to the mission of The Beacon.
The Beacon serves Kansas and Missouri through our two newsrooms in Wichita and Kansas City, along with statehouse reporters in Topeka and Jefferson City.

Beacon Reporters

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Maria Benevento

The Kansas City Beacon’s education reporter✉️ maria@thebeacon.media

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Meg Cunningham

The Kansas City Beacon’s Missouri Statehouse reporter
✉️ meg@thebeacon.media

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Sawyer Belair

The Wichita Beacon’s data and public health reporter
✉️ sawyer@thebeacon.media

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Mili Mansaray

The Kansas City Beacon's housing and labor reporter 
✉️ mili@thebeacon.media

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Trace Salzbernner

The Wichita Beacon reporter
✉️ trace@thebeacon.media

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Josh Merchant

The Kansas City Beacon’s local government reporter
✉️ josh@thebeacon.media

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Miranda Moore

The Beacon's state house reporter
✉️ miranda@thebeacon.media

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Polly Basore Wenzl

The Wichita Beacon editor
✉️ polly@thebeacon.media

Beacon Staff

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Gary Enrique Bradley-Lopez

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Kristen Nicole Powell

The Kansas City Beacon’s Community Engagement Bureau manager✉️ gary@thebeacon.media

The Wichita Beacon’s Community Engagement Bureau manager
✉️ kristen@thebeacon.media

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