Kailee Shores

Faith and Family Editor

Kailee Shores is the faith and family editor for the Chattanooga Times Free Press. She joined the newsroom in January 2025 and has covered breaking news and religion for the paper. She holds a degree in journalism from Middle Tennessee State University, where she served as the editor-in-chief of MTSU Sidelines. Her work has appeared in The Tennessean, the Nashville Banner and WMOT, an NPR member station. In her free time, she can most often be found tapping her foot (or getting a dance floor going) at a bluegrass jam somewhere in the middle of nowhere.