Sarah Fenske
“St. Louis On The Air” Host/ProducerSarah Fenske joined St. Louis Public Radio as host of St. Louis on the Air in July 2019. Before that, she spent twenty years in newspapers, working as a reporter, columnist and editor in Cleveland, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
She won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists for her work in Phoenix exposing corruption at the local housing authority. She also won numerous awards for column writing, including multiple first place wins from the Arizona Press Club, the Association of Women in Journalism (the Clarion Awards) and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
From 2015 to July 2019, Sarah was editor in chief of St. Louis' alt-weekly, the Riverfront Times. She and her husband, John, are raising their two young daughters and ill-behaved border terrier in Lafayette Square.
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STL Sloup, the pop-up soup dinner that provides funding for good causes, returns to St. Louis this month after a five-year hiatus. Anne McCullough explains why, and how, on "t. Louis on the Air." -
“Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest" explores what it's like to be Black in cities and towns far from the coasts. Editor Terrion Williamson of the University of Minnesota discusses it on St. Louis on the Air, along with St. Louis-based contributor Lyndsey Ellis.
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Mitchell Rozanski was installed as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis in September. He discussed his new job, and St. Louis the King, with "St. Louis on the Air" on Thursday.
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The Urban Land Institute recently named Trojan Park one of two winners of this year’s Urban Open Space Award. We discussed the remarkable collaboration that led to the Wellston park being built on "St. Louis on the Air."
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“Crime Beat Girl” tells the story of Debbie Bradley, who leaves her journalism job in Washington, D.C., to be closer to family in her native St. Louis. Author Geri L. Dreiling joined "St. Louis on the Air" to discuss her new novel.
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St. Louis County Public Health Co-Director Spring Schmidt joined "St. Louis on the Air" to talk about kids and COVID-19, youth sports restrictions and, yes, the importance of flu shots.
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St. Louis-based video artist William Morris' new video, “The Protest Project,” combines “pandemic and epidemic” to explore how the coronavirus pandemic collided with an equally devastating problem this spring — racism and police brutality.
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“Papa Ray's Vintage Vinyl Roadshow” is “a love letter to St. Louis and the healing powers of music." Tom Ray joins "St. Louis on the Air" to discuss the documentary that debuted on the Nine Network.
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“A Universe Less Traveled” is a work of speculative fiction depicting two rival versions of St. Louis and the characters who travel between them. Author Eric von Schrader discusses the novel on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Beloved St. Louis singer Lamont Hadley Sr. died last month after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He was 53. His son Lamont Hadley Jr. and longtime partner Bridgette West discuss his legacy on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Monty Cole’s new play, "Black Like Me,” grapples with John Howard Griffin’s book of the same name, a memoir by a white journalist who posed as a Black man in the Deep South in 1959. Cole has said, “If the original book was an Idiot’s Guide to Being a Good Ally in 1961, the play is an Idiot’s Guide to Being a Good Ally in 2020.”
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Lumiere Place has backed off plans to lay off 97 workers, said Kim Bartholomew, secretary of the Unite Here Local 74 union. A petition and press coverage seem to have brought the casino's owners back to the negotiating table.
