Corinne Ruff
Economic Development ReporterCorinne Ruff joined St. Louis Public Radio as the economic development reporter in April, 2019. She grew up among the cornfields in Northern Illinois and later earned degrees in Journalism and French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has since reported at the international, national and local level on business, education and social justice issues.
Her written work has appeared in a variety of publications including: Retail Dive, The Chronicle of Higher Education, U.S. News & World Report, C-U Citizen Access and The News-Gazette. Before moving to St. Louis to join the public radio family, she worked in Washington D.C. for more than three years. There, she founded the business podcast Conversational Commerce and co-hosted a weekly show on the public radio station WPFW about the intersection of higher education and social justice. When she’s not on the hunt for a good story, you can find her scoping out the local music scene and looking for good eats that don't involve whatever Provel "cheese" is.
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There’s a glaring disparity issue in industrial hemp production — just 6% of producers are Black. A couple in Missouri hopes to create the state’s first Black-owned hemp processing site. -
Medical experts are currently conducting a clinical trial as part of ongoing research to test whether a more tailored vaccine could better reduce the spread of the omicron variant.
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A local nonprofit is trying out a new strategy using personal coaches to help women pivot careers and land better-paying jobs. St. Louis Public Radio spoke with women over the first nine months of the program to see how it shaped their lives.
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Only about 12% of homes in the New Madrid Seismic Zone in Missouri’s southeastern tip have earthquake insurance, a dramatic decline since 2000.
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A coalition committed to reducing vacant property in the city of St. Louis is backing a bill with a number of seemingly small legislative fixes that could have a big impact.
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University of Iowa history professor Colin Gordon found that more than 70,000 St. Louis County homes are located in subdivisions that once barred people of color from living in them.
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St. Louis Public Radio is taking the next year to unpack how wealth inequality impacts our region in a series of stories. Here’s your guide to understanding the basics.
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The nonprofit center opened its doors late last year with the goal to help transform communities north of Delmar. Now, part of that effort will also include generating clean energy.
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Some St. Louis restaurants have stopped indoor dining, others have paused service, and museums have closed their doors as the omicron variant spreads across St. Louis.
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Companies such as Benson Hill, ICL and EverGrain, which is backed by Anheuser Busch, have doubled down this year on growing the plant-based protein industry in St. Louis.
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Some Airbnb hosts in the region are glad the company is helping to combat parties, but they also worry the rules could be unfair to first-time guests who don’t have any reviews yet.
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People whose donations are rejected by a nonprofit are less likely to donate again, according to a new study from researchers at Washington University’s Olin Business School.
