The ''St. Louis Beacon'' was an online-only news site in the
greater St. Louis
Greater St. Louis is a bi-state metropolitan area that completely surrounds and includes the independent city of St. Louis, the principal city. It includes parts of both Missouri and Illinois. The city core is on the Mississippi Riverfront on t ...
area.
Several of the site's founders include former reporters and editors from the ''
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a major regional newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri, serving the St. Louis metropolitan area. It is the largest daily newspaper in the metropolitan area by circulation, surpassing the ''Belleville News-De ...
''.
Funded largely by outside donations, the ''Beacon'' had 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
The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals ha ...
' player
Albert Pujols' calf injury in June 2008.
By contrast, the site, in conjunction with local public television station
KETC
KETC, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 23), is a PBS member television station licensed to St. Louis, Missouri, United States. The station is owned by St. Louis Regional Public Media. KETC's studios are located at the Dana Brown Commu ...
, 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''.
Effective December 10, 2013, the ''St. Louis Beacon'' merged with St. Louis Public Radio. The ''Beacon'' home page refers readers to the St. Louis Public Radio News web site for staff members' current work, indicating the end of news publishing as the ''St. Louis Beacon''. It was stated that the ''St. Louis Beacon'' site will remain online, to provide archive access, until the archive material becomes available elsewhere.
See also
* ''
St. Louis Globe-Democrat''
* ''
St. Louis Sun''
* ''
STL Source''
References
External links
St. Louis Public Radio NewsSt. Louis Beacon homepage*
Newspapers published in St. Louis
Publications established in 2008
Internet properties established in 2008
2008 establishments in Missouri
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