More Black parents in the U.S. and Missouri are choosing to teach their kids on their own terms. In this three-episode limited podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Marissanne Lewis-Thompson explores why more Black families are choosing to homeschool.

St. Louis Public Radio received 12 recognitions at the 2022 Diamond Journalism Awards, sponsored by the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The awards recognize the best in professional journalism in print, radio, television, newsletters, art/graphics, online news and research.

Native son Keyon Harrold is the new host of St. Louis Public Radio and Jazz St. Louis’ live weekly jazz show, The Next Set: Live From Jazz St. Louis.

St. Louis on the Air will adopt a summer broadcast schedule from August 1 through the month of September while the show’s producers search for a new host and launch a listening tour to prepare for new episodes in the fall.

St. Louis Public Radio received two first place awards and two certificates of merit at the 2022 Missouri Broadcasters Association Awards. Around 900 entries are submitted each year from member stations throughout Missouri.

St. Louis Public Radio receives two national journalism awards from the Public Media Journalists Association (PMJA).

Starting Wednesday, June 15, Brian Heffernan will serve as interim executive editor of the St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR) newsroom. The interim position is expected to last three to six months while the search for a new executive editor is underway.

St. Louis Public Radio announces that Sarah Fenske will leave her post as host of St. Louis on the Air, effective June 22. Fenske will begin a new role in late June as executive editor for the Euclid Media Group, supervising all editorial content for the Riverfront Times, Detroit Metro Times, Cleveland Scene, Cincinnati City Beat and Louisville Eccentric Observer.

The contest received 202 student entries from 48 schools across the St. Louis and Rolla regions.

St. Louis Public Radio presents Lights, Audio, Action!, an exciting new podcast take on radio dramas of the golden age.