Making KC Hate-Free: "Not In Our Town" Producer Shares Lessons on Stopping Hate Crimes and Bullying

By | January 16, 2014 |
Two women talking as they sit facing each other on a studio set.

KCPT has aired several documentaries since 1995 from the landmark series Not In Our Town, which looks at communities standing together against hate and bullying. Filmmaker, journalist and executive producer of the series Patrice O’Neill has dedicated her career to creating media that empowers communities to become inclusive and hate-free. The series’ website, NIOT.org, features…

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Dollhouse Provides Window to Victorian Life in Kansas City

By | January 3, 2014 |
Wide image of Victorian dollhouse with three stories and seven ornately furnished rooms.

Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism If you’ve ever moved, you know what a headache packing and unpacking a home can be. Now imagine if you had over one hundred homes full of priceless antiques to pack and transport. Well, starting Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 the curators at the Toy and Miniature Museum…

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Reflecting on Christmases Past: The Aluminum Tree at the Johnson County Museum

By | December 20, 2013 |
Aluminum Christmas Tree illuminated by a rotating color-wheel in 1950s looking living room with 1950s era present under the tree.

Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism Walking into the 1950s All-Electric House is a sensory experience somewhere between visiting your grandparents’ house and a virtual time warp. Around the holidays, that nostalgia factor goes into over-drive when the Johnson County Museum staff erects a six-foot aluminum Christmas tree – complete with a rotating…

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With GED Changes Missouri and Kansas Choose Different Paths

By | December 9, 2013 |
Close-up of GED prep manual

Lindsey Foat – The Hale Center for Journalism For the past 70 years, the G.E.D. test has given over 18 million people a second chance at a high school diploma. The test students take to gain their high school equivalency will be determined by the state in which they live beginning in January. While Kansas…

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Missouri Innovation Campus Looked to as National Model for Higher Ed

By | November 14, 2013 |
Man in suit and tie standing at podium in front of screen that reads "National Convening on Higher Education Innovation"

Kansas City, Mo. – Assistant Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education James Shelton said that higher education suffers from two major issues, lagging outcomes and increasing costs, in his keynote speech at the first National Convening on Higher Education Innovation. “Here in this room, we have heard descriptions of not only kids completing…

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