Channa Steinmetz

Tommy Felts, Channa Steinmetz, and Austin Barnes, Startland News

Startland News earns nine awards with first entry into Kansas journalism contest

Startland News celebrated its sixth birthday this week with news of its own — announcing nine awards from the Kansas Press Association for reporting and photography in 2020. The honors include four first-place wins for Startland News from among a crop of competitors that range from the Kansas City Business Journal, Kansas City Star, Topeka Capital-Journal…

Startups to Watch 2021 set

Startups to Watch celebration set to premiere in early 2021 as digital interview special

If 2020 proved one thing, it’s that innovation can’t be tamed, Austin Barnes said in announcement of a 2021 return for the hotly anticipated Kansas City Startups to Watch list and the debut of a corresponding digital interview special.  “Our team of reporters has been masked up and on the ground since Day 1,” Barnes,…