Jennifer Moore
As the Journalist-in-Residence at Missouri State University, Jennifer teaches undergraduate and graduate students, oversees a semester-long, team reporting project, and contributes weekly stories to KSMU Radio in the area of public affairs journalism.
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“Get a job, you lazy bum!” That phrase—or a colorful variation of it—is something many homeless people in Springfield have heard before. So for this...
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On the cold morning of Monday, November 23, Laura Schaeffer was at a drop-in center for the homeless in central Springfield. The National Weather...
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Rhonda Galbraith knew she wanted her church to serve as an emergency cold weather shelter for homeless women. But there was a catch: the church she...
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Peter Garcelon was homeless when he first moved to Springfield. “I've been in prison. And I spent 10 years in prison. And after I got out, I turned my...
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365 days a year, the Salvation Army’s Frontline Feeding program in Springfield serves meals to the homeless. "We serve that lunch rain, sunshine or snow...
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The first way the pandemic changed things for 48-year-old William Still was that he no longer had access to a toilet or shower. "McDonald's, Hardee's,...
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On the eve of Thanksgiving this year, it was rainy and cold in Springfield. But the two emergency cold weather shelters didn’t open that night, based on...
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We begin our series, Unsheltered , at a church—the East Sunshine Church of Christ in Springfield—on a recent Monday evening just as a city bus is...
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A seven-year-old boy from Rogersville, Missouri will take center stage this weekend on a billboard in Times Square. Paxton Uchtman couldn't care less...
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UPDATE: Shortly after 9:00 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, Springfield Police Department spokeswoman Jasmine Bailey told KSMU in an email that the department...