Travis
Meier

"Stories are the currency of human relationships." - Robert McKee

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Current employment

 

I currently work as a reporter for Axios Kansas City. You can find my work here.

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Some of my favorite stories so far:

Kansas could get next-gen nuclear power

Inside a modern data center in KC

Kansas' role in cutting-edge flight safety technology

City withheld public information, audit finds

Women's sports bars are booming across the U.S.​

Exclusive: Step onstage at KC's newest amphitheater

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Past employment

 

Previously, I worked as an Editor for The Washington Post Opinions. My primary role includes sourcing, editing, and publishing Letters to the Editor submissions from writers across the world.

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Read my guest op-eds:

• The trouble with schools is too much math

• Want your city to thrive? Start by reimagining parking.

• Messy, loud and ultimately good: Cicadas and U.S. elections

 

I also worked as a reporter for KCtoday, writing daily, hyperlocal newsletters with a mission to educate and activate the community on relevant, exciting, and uplifting news.

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Read my work:​

• Kansas City Current’s Historic Stadium Groundbreaking

• Kansas City’s plan to put a park over the South Loop, I-670

• West Bottoms projects plan to reshape historic neighborhood

• KC Made: Russell Stover celebrating 100 years of chocolate

• Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum taking flight in Atchison, KS

• Your guide to the new KCI terminal

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I was also a manager for KCtoday's parent company, 6AM City, and I have training in company culture, personnel and project management, KPIs, and analytics.

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More work I'm proud of:

• Decades in the making, the Berkley Riverfront continues to develop through growing pains (The Pitch)

• Desperate business owners demand crime solutions from city government: ‘You just feel violated’ (The Pitch)

• Beneath the Bricks (digital reporting, FOX4)

• 8 in the Air (drone features, WQAD)

• Rural newsroom ambassador (Missouri School of Journalism)