Steven Pokin
@spokinsgf
I'm the Springfield Life Columnist at the new nonprofit, online news outlet: the Springfield (MO) Daily Citizen. I'm a long-time newspaper reporter and runner.
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Colleague JackieRehwald takes a close look at why victims of domestic assault often refuse to testify against their abuser. Some of the reasons might surprise you. sgfcitizen.org/government/soc…
Find deadline reporting on a topic of wide community interest my our man Jack McGee sgfcitizen.org/economy-growth…
Bone-chilling and hard-nosed reporting by colleague JackieRehwald on domestic violence and a murder-suicide. He told her he wouldn't be in jail long and he was right. sgfcitizen.org/government/soc…
NEW TODAY: My ksmu interview with JackieRehwald and Steven Pokin of the Springfield Daily Citizen on their in-depth series "Living in Fear." They've investigated Springfield's crisis of domestic violence since January, publishing dozens of stories ksmu.org/news/2023-06-2…
BIG: From the "Living in Fear" series by our news partners at Springfield Daily Citizen today: Chief Paul Williams, other community leaders at domestic violence roundtable describe "ugly truths" that many in Ozarks view spouses, women, children as "property" sgfcitizen.org/government/soc…
Hear our recent ksmu interview with Springfield Daily Citizen reporters JackieRehwald and Steven Pokin, who have been reporting since January on how the Springfield area struggles to address domestic violence ksmu.org/news/2023-06-2…
Our 4-part series "Living in Fear" on domestic violence ends today with colleague JackieRehwald's wonderfully written and inspiring profile of Kai Sutton. sgfcitizen.org/government/soc…
sgfcitizen.org/economy-growth… "He was just love and light." A young, deaf homeless man took his own life. His friends are staggered by the loss, wishing that he'd been able to hear the sound of his great big infectious laugh. Story by JackieRehwald
sgfcitizen.org/government/cri… Normally the Springfield Daily Citizen would not name the person beaten in a domestic violence attack. But Renee Goodwin wanted to be named. And she did not want to be called a victim. "I'm a survivor," she told JackieRehwald
Record heat in Springfield, Missouri. Stay safe. Story by JackieRehwald sgfcitizen.org/health/nearly-…
Reporter Joe Hadsall 🇺🇲 did some digging and discovered that the Springfield Public Schools joined -- by only a one vote margin -- a major health-care-training alliance here in Springfield. sgfcitizen.org/schools/k12-ed…
The future of farming might be inside a shipping container. By Ryan Collins sgfcitizen.org/economy-growth…
Do you know what a "cranky" is? It's an old art form revived by Springfield's Sandi Green-Baker. She'll be performing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, at the Library Center. Story by Kathleen O'Dell, of the Springfield Citizen. Photos and video by Wilson, Jym sgfcitizen.org/springfield-cu…
I don't know exactly what happened in this case, but I do know that colleague JackieRehwald provided tremendous insight on a federal court case in which a man at a homeless camp alleges a Springfield police officer used excessive force in subduing him.sgfcitizen.org/government/cri…