Caitlin Cress
Reporter
Caitlin Cress writes across all of the desks for The Hale Center, which means that you'll see a lot of her across this site. She has written for various publications like Ink magazine and the Kansas City Star. She enjoys writing and enjoys copy editing even more. Caitlin earned undergraduate degrees in English literature and public relations writing from Missouri Western State University and a master's degree in English, with a focus in manuscripts, print culture and editing, from UMKC. She enjoys cooking, baking, eating and watching too much TV.
Stories by Caitlin Cress
KCMO begins implementation of women’s empowerment blueprint
Joni Wickham, director of public affairs for Mayor Sly James of Kansas City, Mo., is one of eight women in the mayor’s 12-person staff. She is currently working, with a team of other women city employees and the mayor himself, to implement the Women’s Empowerment Blueprint. Wickham agrees with the need for this blueprint on…
Clothing donation bins have varying levels of local impact
Kansas Citians have many options when it comes to donating used clothes, but the most convenient option is often the ever-present clothing donation bin. While running errands, it’s not uncommon to pass a dozen of these bins, all owned by different companies: Disabled American Veterans, Planet Aid and Resolution Reuse are just a few of…
Mentorship valued for mobile health care startups
The atmosphere at Techstars’ mobile health accelerator at the Sprint Accelerator is similar to other startup environments: some people are working intently with their headphones on, while others are goofing off. There are snack wrappers and cans of Redbull everywhere. Individual team members are off to the side filming testimonial for Sprint. A few people…
Kansas City team CropRate competes in Startup Bus semi-finals
Each year, Startup Buses around the country head towards Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Startup Bus is a competition where businesspeople, designers and coders — buspreneurs — create a startup, from idea to pitch, while on a three-day bus trip to the finals in San Antonio. Caitlin Cress, reporter for The Hale…
Day 2 of Startup Bus Midwest delayed, detoured by ice
Each year, Startup Buses around the country head towards Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Startup Bus is a competition where businesspeople, designers and coders — buspreneurs — create a startup, from idea to pitch, while on a three-day bus trip to the finals in San Antonio. Caitlin Cress, reporter for The Hale…
Buspreneurs face good, bad surprises on day 1
Each year, Startup Buses around the country head towards Austin for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival. Startup Bus is a competition where businesspeople, designers and coders — buspreneurs — create a startup, from idea to pitch, while on a three-day bus trip to the finals in San Antonio. Caitlin Cress, reporter for The Hale…
‘Buspreneurs’ road-trip to TX for startup competition
Next week, Hale Center for Journalism reporter Caitlin Cress will be riding on the Startup Bus, an annual competition/road trip. She will be reporting, blogging, Instagramming and tweeting the whole way; follow that coverage, starting Sunday morning, here. A charter bus will leave the Kauffman Foundation parking lot early this Sunday morning. On it will…
Chelsea Clinton speaks at launch event for women’s hall of fame
Chelsea Clinton was the featured speaker at the Starr Women’s Hall of Fame luncheon Monday at UMKC. She spoke about the need for more positive role models for young women and her work with the Clinton Foundation, of which she is vice president. The luncheon was held to celebrate the launch of the Starr Women’s…
Sprint Accelerator to host mobile health application companies
Walking into the Sprint Accelerator is a lot like walking into a recently remodeled college student union: there are open work spaces, MacBooks galore, pingpong and shuffleboard tables and white board surfaces everywhere — literally everywhere, even painted onto the wall. The accelerator is a lot different than a place to lounge between classes, however….
Bridging the Gap’s Riott shares her vision for sustainable KC
Kristin Riott is the executive director for Kansas City environmental nonprofit Bridging the Gap. Kristin Riott is executive director of Bridging the Gap, which she said is one of the leading environmental nonprofits in the Midwest. BTG follows the philosophy that environment, economy and community are tightly connected. A simple example of the connection between…