St. Louis Beacon
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The St. Louis Beacon is an online-only news site in the greater St. Louis area. Several of the site's founders include former reporters and editors from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
. Funded largely by outside donations, the Beacon has 15 paid staffers and dozens of outside contributors.
Beacon coverage trends toward public issues rather than news events. As an example, the St. Louis Journalism Review points to the Beacons lack of coverage of St. Louis Cardinals
' player Albert Pujols
' calf injury in June 2008. By contrast, the site, in conjunction with local public television station KETC
, reported heavily on the local effects of the mortgage crisis.
The Beacon was organized in 2007, and launched online in March 2008. At that time it was called the St. Louis Platform. In April 2008 its name was changed to the St. Louis Beacon.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is the major city-wide newspaper in St. Louis, Missouri. Although written to serve Greater St. Louis, the Post-Dispatch is one of the largest newspapers in the Midwestern United States, and is available and read as far west as Kansas City, Missouri, as far south as...
. Funded largely by outside donations, the Beacon has 15 paid staffers and dozens of outside contributors.
Beacon coverage trends toward public issues rather than news events. As an example, the St. Louis Journalism Review points to the Beacons lack of coverage of St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
' player Albert Pujols
Albert Pujols
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara , better known as Albert Pujols , is a Dominican-American professional baseball player, who is currently a free agent...
' calf injury in June 2008. By contrast, the site, in conjunction with local public television station KETC
KETC
KETC is the Public Broadcasting Service member Public television station in St. Louis, Missouri. Owned by St. Louis Regional Public Media, the call letters KETC represent the St. Louis Educational Television Comission, the former name of the organization responsible for bringing public television...
, reported heavily on the local effects of the mortgage crisis.
The Beacon was organized in 2007, and launched online in March 2008. At that time it was called the St. Louis Platform. In April 2008 its name was changed to the St. Louis Beacon.