The STLPR mobile app relaunches this week with sleek new features to make browsing faster and easier for smartphone users.

New program ‘The Middle’ added to lineup; ‘St. Louis Symphony Orchestra Broadcasts’ return at a new time; ‘All Songs Considered’ debuts

St. Louis Public Radio photojournalist and interim digital and special projects editor Brian Munoz was recently named a public media “rising star” and received the University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence-Creator.

St. Louis Public Radio will host the StoryCorps Mobile Booth from Sept. 14 to Oct. 20 at the Public Media Commons in Grand Center.

As of Monday, July 31, Brian Heffernan will resume the top news leadership role at St. Louis Public Radio (STLPR), serving as news director in an interim capacity. The position was previously held by Ashley Lisenby, who is stepping down from the director role for personal reasons.

A haze is still lingering over sections of the region as a result of wildfires that continue to burn in parts of Canada, but a sign showing poorer than usual air quality in St. Louis caught our newsroom's attention a bit before we began covering the impact of the fires locally.

STLPR won five first place awards and four certificates of merit from the Missouri Broadcasters Association banquet in Osage Beach on June 3, including a first-place win for best local website.

For the past few months, our newsroom has been heavily following developments in the legislature around care for transgender youth and adults and we've heard from many of you. We'll explore that coverage in this month's Editor's Note.

The winners and finalists of STLPR’s 2023 Teen Photojournalist Prize were honored during a public reception and opening ceremony for this year’s exhibition on May 17.

St. Louis Public Radio will begin airing a new program lineup on Monday, June 5. Three new programs will be added to the schedule, including Here & Now, Code Switch, and Life Kit.