The ''St. Louis Beacon'' was 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
The ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' is a 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-Democra ...
''.
Funded largely by outside donations, the ''Beacon'' had 15 paid staffers and dozens of outside contributors.
''Beacon'' coverage trended 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 (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Centra ...
' player
Albert Pujols
José Alberto Pujols Alcántara (, ; born December 11, 1985) is a Dominicans, Dominican professional baseball Manager (baseball), manager and former first baseman and designated hitter who is the manager of the Leones del Escogido of the Domin ...
' calf injury in June 2008.
By contrast, the site, in conjunction with local public television station
KETC
KETC (channel 9) is a PBS member television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, owned by St. Louis Regional Public Media. The station's studios are located at the Dana Brown Communications Center on Olive Street in St. Louis' Gran ...
, 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''
References
External links
St. Louis Public Radio NewsSt. Louis Beacon homepage*
Newspapers published in St. Louis
Newspapers established in 2008
Internet properties established in 2008
2008 establishments in Missouri
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