Marissanne Lewis-Thompson
Marissanne Lewis-Thompson joined the KRCU team in November 2015 as a feature reporter. She was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri where she grew up watching a lot documentaries on PBS, which inspired her to tell stories. In May 2015, she graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in Convergence Journalism. Marissanne comes to KRCU from KBIA, where she worked as a reporter, producer and supervising editor while covering stories on arts and culture, education and diversity.
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In Missouri, 60,000 people on parole or probation are not allowed to vote.
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In 2014, after Michael Brown Jr. was killed by a police officer, Aloni Benson took to the streets with other protesters. But the Berkeley native found...
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It was one week after George Floyd had been killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, and protests calling for police accountability over treatment of...
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Church bells will be ringing on Sunday more than usual in communities throughout Missouri. Several faith groups have called on churches to ring their...
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As the region slowly returns to some semblance of normal, many churches are preparing to reopen in June. In an effort to keep congregations healthy, the...
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Memorial Day this year will be a time of recognizing all who are serving or have served on the front lines, even if observing the day will take place at...
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BELLEVILLE — Drive-in movie theaters have become a nostalgic throwback. But in the midst of this global pandemic, the built-in social distancing of...
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The last living child of a St. Louis couple who broke residential segregation barriers has died. Chatlee Williams died last Wednesday at the age of 88....
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Rudi Heider, a retired chemist and professor, has seen a lot in his lifetime. At 107, he’s lived through the Spanish Flu, two world wars and now the...
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Like many religious groups, Muslims are having to shift how they observe Ramadan. Traditionally, the month of Ramadan is a time for prayer, fasting,...