St. Louis media merger is the talk of the town
The face of independent local news changed this month when the nonprofit St. Louis Beacon and St. Louis Public Radio merged. But how will local news look as a result? Does the merger chart a course for...
View ArticleSt. Louis news photographers focus on 2013
St. Louis-area news photographers will offer an insider’s view of 2013’s seminal images at the Society of Professional Journalists’ News at Noon this Thursday, Jan. 9. “We are going to discuss the big...
View ArticleWhat is St. Louis’ impact on media history?
This year, St. Louis turns 250, and in recognition the February News at Noon panel discussion, co-sponsored by the Missouri History Museum, will examine the region’s contributions to the media...
View ArticleNews at Noon explores lockdown at Kirkwood High School
When an undercover KSDK (Channel 5) reporter walked unchallenged into Kirkwood High School, triggering a lockdown, the media became the news story. KSDK’s visit was one of five made by the television...
View ArticleCentury-old ax murders highlight News at Noon
A century-old unsolved murder and the newspaper reporter who tracked down the story are featured at the next News at Noon, sponsored by the St. Louis Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists...
View ArticleLandSpeed Louise puts News at Noon on the fast track
The fastest people on earth are amateurs who, for the past 100 years, have been cranking out speed records on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, driving and riding their hand-built cars, trucks, and...
View ArticleWho has the right to watch us from the sky?
Bill Allen, Mizzou journalism professor Many TV stations have the capability to chase stories in the sky aboard a helicopter, but now some journalists are experimenting with drone technologies — used...
View ArticleDrone demonstration spurs lofty discussion
Bill Allen, professor of journalism at the University of Missouri at Columbia, discusses the ethics of using drones in reporting while demonstrating one of the devices during a recent News at Noon...
View ArticleSPJ offers special screening of ‘Deadline in Disaster’
The St. Louis Pro chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists invites you to a special screening of “Deadline in Disaster,” a documentary about the role of reporters at The Joplin Globe shortly...
View ArticleLearn how to use data and mapping tools to find news stories
Learn the basics about mining information online for stories and reports when Walker Moskop, data reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, demonstrates how he uses government data and mapping tools to...
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