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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In January, the St. Louis Regional Chamber, AllianceSTL, Civic Progress, Downtown STL, Inc. and Arch to Park will officially become Greater St. Louis Inc. The new organization's new CEO, Jason Hall, shared his vision on St. Louis on the Air. -
Ann Lemons Pollack's new book, “Iconic Restaurants of St. Louis,” tells the story of 41 places that stood the test of time, from long-shuttered standbys like Delmonico Diner and Rizzo’s Top of the Tower to more recent closures (Schneithorst’s, Goody Goody Diner) and places still going strong after more than a century (the Piccadilly at Manhattan).
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The Legal Roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air" will discuss two cases that went to trial last week with the ACLU of Missouri as plaintiff, as well as a host of other legal matters. That includes a Greene County, Missouri, woman who says she was fired for being ugly.
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Westminster Christian Academy in suburban St. Louis may have landed on the perfect 2020 parody video: A knockoff of "LaLa Land's "Another Day in the Sun" titled “Another Day of Masks.” The school’s director of marketing and communications and its student co-star discussed the video on St. Louis on the Air.
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LynnMarie Alexander’s new book, “The Hill: St. Louis’s Italian American Neighborhood,” is a coffee table-ready compilation of the neighborhood’s history and highlights. She discussed it on "St. Louis on the Air."
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“Songs for St. Louis: A Concert in the Commons” premieres on the Nine Network on Nov. 16. It features three rising star opera singers. Opera Theatre’s Artistic Director of Young Artist Programs Patricia Racette discussed the highlights on "St. Louis on the Air."
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A class-action lawsuit changing how Missouri handles parole hearings has meant new hope for 98 Missouri men sentenced to life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles. "St. Louis on the Air" talked to several men who have been released after decades behind bars.
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Author Nini Harris has identified the places and things that can make a case for being the oldest in the metro area. Her new book from Reedy Press, “Oldest St. Louis,” explores the history of everything from that Spanish soldier’s house in Florissant to the region’s oldest McDonald’s (9915 Watson Road dates back to 1958, she writes).
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A new program being launched in the city of St. Louis called Cops & Clinicians will have mental health specialists responding to some 911 calls. With training underway soon, officials hope to have the program in operation by year’s end.
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Voting participation correlates with social distancing compliance, according to a new study in the Journal of Public Economics. Washington University Olin Business School professor John Barrios discussed the study on "St. Louis on the Air."
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On Nov. 2, 1920, William E. Woods made St. Louis’ first radio broadcast, announcing election results from his home on De Tonty Street out to the airwaves. Frank Absher of the St. Louis Media History Foundation explained how on "St. Louis on the Air."
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Several states are now contemplating an end to daylight saving time. "St. Louis on the Air" discussed the science behind the movement with Erik Herzog, a professor of biology and neuroscience at Washington University.
