Catherine Hoffman
Reporter for Kansas City PBS in cooperation with Report For America
Catherine Hoffman is a former Flatland Reporter for Kansas City PBS in cooperation with Report For America and filmmaker.
Stories by Catherine Hoffman
Birthing Battle | Labor Pains
Infant and maternity mortality rates in the Kansas City area keep climbing. This hit close to home for Izula Jade
Birthing Battle | The Struggle for Equity in Maternal Health Care
Watch and read how the history of birthing care unfolded in the U.S., and how midwives and mothers of color were slowly left out.
Kansas City’s Surprising Connection to the Tulsa Race Massacre
Harold "Hal" Singer, the last survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, has a surprising Kansas City connection.
Former Kansas Citian Helps Bring Nature Lovers Together with Black Birders Week
A former Kansas Citian helped organize Black Birders Week, an effort to further the conversation about racism in America.
KC Protesters Ask Police: ‘Who do you protect? Who do you serve?’
Scenes from inside Kansas City's George Floyd demonstrations this weekend.
Climate Change’s Serious Effects On Kansas Citians Disproportionately Affect The Poor
The discussion about climate change often centers on what increasingly extreme weather will mean for agriculture and the environment. But what about its effect on poverty?
The Mission Link
The statue of Paschal Fish Jr. holding his daughter stands in a garden in downtown Eudora, Kansas. (Catherine Hoffman | Flatland)
Keeping The Faith in Kansas City
In the best of all worlds, religion fosters a common cause for self improvement and good works. Yet, as we have seen, harmony disintegrates when some followers espouse views that seem to contradict the basic tenets of their faith. Such divides led to this question posed to curiousKC: “How do the religiously devout reconcile their…
Digging Up The Truth About Kansas City Tunnels
curiousKC fielded a question about tunnels in the Historic Northeast neighborhood, between Ward Parkway homes, and underneath Eighth Street. Here's what we found.
Kansas Citians Share What Juneteenth Means To Them
On Saturday, vendors transformed 18th Street in Kansas City, Missouri’s, historic Jazz District into a hub of black-owned businesses, doing business to the booming bass pumped out by a DJ spinning a mix of ‘70s funk and ‘90s R&B. The occasion was the city’s JuneteenthKC Heritage Festival, which commemorated Gen. Gordon Granger’s post-Civil War ride…
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