
Linda Lockhart
Outreach SpecialistOutreach specialist Linda Lockhart has been telling stories for most of her life. A graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, she has worked at several newspapers around the Midwest, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as a reporter, copy editor, make-up editor, night city editor, wire editor, Metro Section editor and editorial writer. She served the St. Louis Beacon as analyst for the Public Insight Network, a product of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media that helps connect journalists with news sources. She continues using the PIN to help inform the news content of St. Louis Public Radio. She is a St. Louis native and lives in Kirkwood.
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When young Joe Teasdale won the Missouri gubernatorial race against incumbent Christopher “Kit” Bond in 1976, few were more surprised than Teasdale…
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The Johnson’s Shut-ins State Park, Missouri’s original, natural water park, is ready for action. That’s what Steph Deidrick, a division information…
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The St. Louis Bluesweek Festival and the Budweiser Taste of St. Louis are on the move, and people throughout the metro area have been quick to share their…
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Dorothy Dempsey turned her thoughts Sunday to Martin Luther King by attending Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis as a member of the Ladies…
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With just one more day left in the year, we took the opportunity to reflect on the top St. Louis news stories of 2013. St. Louis Public Radio and the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - The people have spoken, and for the most part, they are not happy. For many Americans, the recent…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 7, 2013 - The people have spoken, and for the most part, they are not happy. For many Americans,…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 3, 2013: For this school year, students from two St. Louis-area districts are traveling far away…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 2, 2013 - Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has said that next year Show Me State voters will get…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 28, 2013 - The summer of 1963 was a pivotal time for race relations in the United States. On…
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This article originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The summer of 1963 was a pivotal time for race relations in the United States. On Aug. 28, in…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 9, 2013 - The Black Rep boasts that it is the largest professional African-American theater…