About us

The Free Press Online is the student-run online publication of The Free Press, Lawrence Free State’s newsmagazine. Located in Lawrence, Kansas, The Free Press is staffed by approximately 60 devoted students and advised by Jared Shuff.

The publication is updated frequently with published content including stories, videos, recordings, photo galleries and infographics. In addition, select stories are published in The Free Press print issue each month.

The publication is run by online editors-in-chief Ember Klein and Simon Williams and online managing editor Baila Love.

Mission: Curious Free State journalists will amplify voices, gather superior sources and tell pivotal stories of our community in a visually creative way in order to serve our audience and foster quality scholastic journalism in Lawrence, Kansas.