Sarah Fenske
“St. Louis On The Air” Host/ProducerSarah Fenske served as host of St. Louis on the Air from July 2019 until June 2022. 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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The Irish immigrants who flocked to St. Louis in the 19th and 20th centuries faced prejudice and violence — but in many cases also found good fortune. -
On 314 Day, we celebrate all things St. Louis — from the city’s accent to its cuisine. -
Carl Phillips’ new book includes both new material and selected poems from 2007 to 2020. -
Angela Staehling’s new book was inspired by family cats Theo and Rocco. -
St. Louis celebrates ‘Let There Be Theatre Day’ with no director, no set and one very confused actorAt exactly 2 p.m. around the world, theater lovers will take part in a production of “White Rabbit, Red Rabbit.” -
KSDK political editor and anchor Casey Nolen has taken a new job at the CBS affiliate in Washington, D.C. -
Javad Khazaeli represents a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel swept up in the mass arrests that followed the St. Louis Police “kettling” protesters in downtown St. Louis in 2017. -
Forest ReLeaf is the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s first-ever Environmental Equity Grant, which will fund 200 new trees for the city’s Ville community. -
Glenda Seim, 81, fell in love with a man she met online. He was actually a scam artist. Assistant U.S. Attorney Tracy Berry and journalist Ryan Krull discuss the twists and turns of her case. -
St. Louis on the Air’s Legal Roundtable discusses the Missouri Supreme Court's ruling on a challenge to state law, Empower Missouri’s lawsuit against the state Department of Social Services and more. -
Attorney Joel Schwartz’s work defending Russell Faria led to “Bone Deep,” a new book co-authored by Charles Bosworth Jr. -
Nineteenth-century Americans collected George Washington’s hair — a way of physicalizing their memory of the country’s first president, writes Keith Beutler.
