Hope Davis

I'm an award-winning journalist who covers local government, economic inequality, and infrastructure. I have experience with reporting, daily news editing, and project management.

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Encampment cleanup paused for a day; residents resist

The woman climbed on top of a stack of furniture, determined. She lived on a dead-end sidewalk for three years and built it into her “apartment without walls” in a tunnel between Capitol Hill and Navy Yard. On June 28, she wanted to make it as hard as possible for employees from the Office of the Deputy Mayor of Health and Human Services (DMHHS) to move her home. She gave her name as Tiny.

Service providers, waste removal trucks and DMHHS workers began arriving at the underpass at 8:30 a.m. on

What I Do

I'm a reporter and editor who has spent the past few years focused on homelessness and housing while covering local government. I've led a locally impactful and nationally recognized reporting series on homelessness for the Columbia Missourian, ShowMe Shelter. 

I've been nationally recognized in the top 15 of the Hearst Award for profile writing. The series has been recognized by the Missouri Press Association for Best News or Feature Series in 2023 and as a finalist in the LION Publishers' Local Journalism Awards in 2022. 

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