The Riotous Life of Stump Stephenson
There is something that runs through this place where we live. It's hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. It's there...
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There is something that runs through this place where we live. It's hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. It's there...
St. Louis summers are better at night. The small miseries of a Missouri summer add up. That stuck-to-your-seat humidity combines with a heat bores down from above and reflects up from the pavement, roasting you from all sides. Who wants to do anything in that? But the game changes when the sun drops. St. Louis at night transforms into a place of new possibilities. Baseball under the lights. Patio beers. Outdoor concerts. It's a new world, but it's fleeting. To help you make sure you don't waste one moonlit moment, we've designed the RFT's annual Summer Guide to help you plan your strategy. Ma...
After a long year, local news looks back and thinks forward The local news crisis can be tough to describe in national terms, because no two places are exactly the same. Though it’s been a difficult year for regional journalism, following a difficult decade, it’s a diverse media ecosystem, and though industry-wide challenges are rooted in similar trends, every outlet has faced battles of its own. “Local news” comprises many things: newspapers, public radio, television, blogs, newsletters, and—as CJR’s newest digital magazine highlights—pirate radio stations, text message chains,...
St. Louis on the Air. And in September 2020, after six months of publishing solely online, three Webster-Kirkwood Times employees “We just started talking to each other, and we’re like, ‘We have to keep this going. How can we do this? We want to do this [and] our community really is behind this,’” said Jaime Mowers, a veteran reporter who now serves as the Webster-Kirkwood Times’ editor-in-chief. The first print edition under the new ownership was on doorsteps by Sept. 25, 2020. And today, both papers are going strong. “For us, in our communities, print is where it’s at,” M...
Last month, Mark Fingerhut set out from his home in St. Louis’ Dogtown neighborhood to see how far his feet could take him over the course of 24 hours. And he persuaded 20 fellow St. Louisans to do the same, dubbing the adventure the 24 Hours from Home Challenge.