List of Riverfront Times Journalists and Reporters

1. Lee DeVito

Designation Author Author Bio Editor in chief, Detroit @MetroTimes (he/him)
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2. Rosalind Early

Designation Editor In Chief Author Bio Rosalind is the former editor-in-chief of the Riverfront Times. She formerly worked for Washington University's alumni magazine and St. Louis Magazine. In 2018, she was selected as a Rising Leader of Color by the Theatre Communications Group. In 2014, she was selected as an Emerging Leader by FOCUS St. Louis. Her work has appeared in publications such as HUMANITIES: The magazine for the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Theatre Magazine, and The Cambridge Companion to Boxing.
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3. Jason Hancock

Designation Author Author Bio Editor-in-chief of @MO_Independent, a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom. Detective for the people.
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4. Jessica Rogen

Designation Managing Editor Author Bio Jessica Rogen is managing editor for the Riverfront Times. Send her your food, arts, film, theater, music and other culture happenings.
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5. Rudi Keller

Designation Author Author Bio Deputy editor Missouri Independent. @MO_Independent Former news editor @ColumbiaTribune. I also write Civil War history
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6. Clark Kauffman

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7. Sarah Fenske

Designation Executive Editor Author Bio Sarah Fenske is the executive editor of the RFT and its sister papers. She is the former host of St. Louis on the Air and continues to host its Legal Roundtable, as well participating as an occasional panelist on Nine PBS' Donnybrook. She lives in St. Louis.
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8. Jacqui Germain

Designation Author Author Bio she/her | poet & journalist | author of BITTERING THE WOUND (@autumnhouseprs) | @BeotisCreative
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9. Annelise Hanshaw

Designation Journalist Author Bio Annelise Hanshaw is a journalist for the Missouri Independent. she writes about education — a beat she has covered on both the West and East Coast while working for daily newspapers in Santa Barbara, California, and Greenwich, Connecticut. A born-and-raised Missourian, she is proud to be back in her home state.
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10. Richard H. Weiss

Designation Journalist Author Bio Richard H. Weiss, a veteran St. Louis journalist, is interim chair of the River City Journalism Fund, a non-profit addressing the need for better representation of historically marginalized people in the media.
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11. Monica Obradovic

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Suburban schools reporter for @stltoday. Imo’s pizza defender. ****@post-dispatch.com.
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12. Allison Kite

Designation Author Author Bio Reporting on the environment for @MO_Independent/@KansasReflector Past: @KCStar, @CJOnline, @AP | @KansanNews
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13. Jaime Lees

Designation Digital Content Editor Author Bio Jaime Lees is the digital content editor for the Riverfront Times.
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14. Alex Washington

Designation Web Editor Author Bio Alex Washington is the web editor for the Detroit Metro Times.
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15. Jenna Jones

Designation Digital Content Editor Author Bio Jenna Jones is the Audience Development Manager for Euclid Media Group and Harry Styles' biggest fan.
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16. Daniel Hill

Designation Editor At Large Author Bio Daniel Hill is editor at large for the Riverfront Times and he demands to be taken seriously, despite all evidence to the contrary.
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17. Ryan Krull

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Ryan Krull is a staff writer for the Riverfront Times
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18. Benjamin Simon

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Arts + Features reporter for @postandcourier and @PCGreenville. Previous: @riverfronttimes, @report4america. Philly.
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19. Kallie Cox

Designation Staff Writer Author Bio Out, proud, and writing for the best alt-weekly in town @riverfronttimes | Past gigs: @theobserver @thesouthern @pulitzercenter @dailyegyptian | they/them
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20. Rebecca Rivas

Designation Author Author Bio Multimedia reporter for @MO_Independent covering MO's cannabis industry, legislature and STL. #duPont2022 finalist, @Reveal contributor. Frmly @StLouisAmerican
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21. Clara Bates

Designation Author Author Bio Reporting on poverty + social services for @MO_Independent via @Report4America Previously @NevadaCurrent @thecrimson
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22. Delia Rainey

Designation Nonfiction Writer Author Bio Delia Rainey is a musician and nonfiction writer from St. Louis, Missouri. She has been involved in the St. Louis music scene with her band Dubb Nubb for over 12 years. Her recent writing has been featured in Post-Trash, new sinews, DIAGRAM, and elsewhere.
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23. Shon Pernice

Designation Writer Author Bio Shon Pernice is a writer, a veteran and a Kansas City native who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom as a combat medic and came home with traumatic brain injury and PTSD. He has been published in Veterans Voices, The Beat Within and Military Magazine. He is a contributing author to the book, "Helping Ourselves By Helping Others: An Incarcerated Men's Survival Guide." He is incarcerated in Missouri.
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24. Craig D. Lindsey

Designation Writer Author Bio Craig D. Lindsey is a Houston-based writer.
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25. Angelo Vidal

Designation Writer Author Bio Angelo Vidal is a writer and community advocate based in St. Louis, Missouri.
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26. G.f. Fuller

Designation Writer Author Bio G.F. Fuller is a young writer from St. Louis interested in politics and agriculture. He's learned that the perfect reason to write is to write.
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27. Paula Tredway

Designation Art And Culture Writer Author Bio Arts and culture writer for the @riverfronttimes. Cocktail connoisseur. Cannabis enthusiast.
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28. Leyla Fern King

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29. Dan Savage

Designation Author Author Bio Daily Caller: "A deviant of the highest order.” Savage Love! Savage Lovecast! My weekly sex-advice column, podcast, and more are available at https://savage.love/!
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30. Ray Hartmann

Designation Author Author Bio Panelist for 36+ years @DonnybrookStl, Founder @RiverfrontTimes, contributor @RawStory. Dreaming of a Trump-free America
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31. Mike Fitzgerald

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32. Thomas K. Chimchards

Designation Author Author Bio i smoke weed and write about it for @riverfronttimes for money, thus proving every teacher i ever had wrong.
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33. Kasey Noss

Designation Author Author Bio Kasey Noss is a former editorial intern at the Riverfront Times. She attends Washington University in St. Louis and is majoring in English with a double-minor in Political Science and Italian
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34. Tishaura Jones

Designation Author Author Bio Personal acct of the Mayor of STL. Mom of #StuffAdenSays. Hampton U, SLU, Harvard. Follow @saintlouismayor for city updates. RT ≠ endorsement.
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35. Cheryl Baehr

Designation Author Author Bio Cheryl Baehr is the restaurant critic for the Riverfront Times and an international woman of mystery.
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36. Tina Farmer

Designation Author Author Bio Tina Farmer is a longtime critic who has spent the last decade reviewing productions for KDHX. She is also very involved with the St. Louis Theater Circle, which supports the theater community by organizing annual awards that honor the best local productions.
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37. Joseph Hess

Designation Author Author Bio This is the professional Twitter account of Joseph Hess of St. Louis, Missouri.
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38. Eileen G'sell

Designation Author Author Bio Eileen G'Sell is a poet and critic with regular contributions to Hyperallergic, VICE, Salon, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, among other publications. In 2023 she was awarded the Rabkin prize in arts journalism. She teaches at Washington University in St. Louis.
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39. Chris Andoe

Designation Author Author Bio If you see a drag queen in the mainstream press, odds are Chris Andoe wrote the story. Known as our city’s preeminent LGBTQ nightlife reporter, Andoe served as the editor in chief of Out in STL and is the critically-acclaimed author of Delusions of Grandeur and House of Villadiva.
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40. Steve Leftridge

Designation Author Author Bio Steve Leftridge is The Midnight Backslider. Therefore, he is a writer, emcee and musician. He lives in Webster Groves where he teaches high schoolers and lives with his two kids and spouse-equivalent.
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41. Graham Toker

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42. David Von Nordheim

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43. Katie Lawson

Designation Author Author Bio Katherine "Katie" Lawson is a writing intern and student at Washington University. From Dallas, Texas, she has loved learning about St. Louis and is always looking for new, exciting things to try in the city.
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44. Marty Joe Murray

Designation Author Author Bio Marty Joe Murray is the fifth senate district committeeman and an adjunct professor at Harris-Stowe State University.
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45. Evie Hemphill

Designation Author Author Bio Evie Hemphill is the programs director for St. Louis BWorks, which provides free bike and computer courses that inspire children ages 8 to 17 to pursue their dreams, care for the world around them and explore new possibilities through experiential learning.
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46. Brandon Bosley

Designation Author Author Bio Brandon Bosley is an alderman for St. Louis' Third Ward and is running to represent St. Louis' 14th Ward
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47. Steve Neavling

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48. Thomas Crone

Designation Author Author Bio Not active on the platform, so messages sent here will not be seen. Find my writing and contact info through the Linktree below. Cheers.
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49. Julian Trejo

Designation Author Author Bio Julian Trejo, a student at Washington University in St. Louis, is a native of Arkansas, and a former goalkeeper for several state championship teams. His work is supported by the River City Journalism Fund.
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50. Tony Rehagen

Designation Author Author Bio Tony Rehagen is a St. Louis-based freelancer who writes frequently about beer for publications such as Bloomberg, Washington Post and Garden & Gun.
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51. Blake Strode

Designation Author Author Bio Blake Strode is a civil rights attorney and community advocate whose work focuses on issues of social and racial justice, including housing and homelessness, criminalization of poverty, and public safety.
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52. Karl Mitchell

Designation Author Author Bio Karl Mitchell is a husband, dad and St. Louis County resident who bikes 11 miles each way to work on a daily basis.
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53. Mary Jane Baker

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54. Clayton Trutor

Designation Author Author Bio Author, #Boston Ball: Rick Pitino, Jim Calhoun, Gary Williams, & the Forgotten Cradle of #Basketball Coaches @UnivNebPres @BostonCollege PhD @NorwichNews Prof
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55. Liz Chiarello

Designation Author Author Bio Sociology Prof, 2019-20 Radcliffe Fellow, #opioidresearcher #nsfCAREER #harmreduction #reprojustice Likes books, food, and interesting people
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56. Laurell K. Hamilton

Designation Author Author Bio Laurell Kaye Hamilton is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series and the Merry Gentry, Fey Detective series. A Terrible Fall of Angels, the first novel in an exciting new series, features Detective Zaniel Havelock in a world where angels and demons walk amount us
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57. Jim Merkel

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58. Cliff Froehlich

Designation Author Author Bio Cliff Froehlich is the retired executive director of Cinema St. Louis, which presents the St. Louis International Film Festival, and a longtime adjunct professor of film studies at Webster University. In his previous journalistic career, he was executive editor of the Riverfront Times, arts-and-entertainment editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and managing editor of St. Louis Magazine.
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59. Maven Logik Lee

Designation Author Author Bio Maven Lee is an award winning interdisciplinary artist, community advocate, and media personality. Dubbed the King of St. Louis ballscene by some and the poetic songbird by others, Maven has served the arts and entertainment community around the country for decades. Lee’s greatest personal achievement was being awarded by the city of St. Louis his own day of celebration titled Maven Logik Lee Day.
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60. Vinny Carella

Designation Author Author Bio Vinny Carella, creator of Spring Power, has lived most of his adult life in St. Louis
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61. Kayla Mcculloch

Designation Author Author Bio Kayla McCulloch is a film critic and festival programmer based in St. Louis. She is a co-founder and contributing editor of The Take-Up, an independent online platform for film criticism.
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62. Scout Hudson

Designation Author Author Bio Scout Hudson is a summer intern at the Riverfront Times and a sophomore at the University of Missouri—Columbia.
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63. Nina Giraldo

Designation Author Author Bio Nina Giraldo is an editorial intern for the Riverfront Times and a rising junior at Washington University in St. Louis
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64. Andrew Wyatt

Designation Author Author Bio Andrew Wyatt is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, essayist and presenter in St. Louis, where he has been writing about art and culture since 2007. He is the co-founder and managing editor of the independent criticism site The Take-Up and has been a contributor to Alive Magazine, Cinema St. Louis, the Common Reader, the Curator, St. Louis Magazine and Temporary Art Review.
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65. Sylvester Brown

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66. Anne Schweitzer

Designation Author Author Bio St. Louis first and foremost. 1st Ward Alderwoman. she/her #stl #stlBOA #alderanne #lucky1
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67. Jeannette Cooperman

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68. Aaron Childs

Designation Author Author Bio Aaron Childs is the founder and creative director of The Cannabis Cult, a cannabis-focused media company, featuring Missouri strain reviews, a Missouri dispensary locator and monthly giveaways. Stay tuned for strain reviews, concentrate reviews and strains classified by terpene.
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69. Lauren Healey

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70. Amanda Bretz

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71. Mike Mchugh

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72. Collin Preciado

Designation Author Author Bio writer/sorta-kinda-journalist-sometimes || contributions include @riverfronttimes, @stlmag, @polygon and more
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73. Anastasia Valeeva

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74. Susie Cagle

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75. Lauren Harpold

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76. Chuck Wilson

Designation Author Author Bio Chuck Wilson has written for the L.A. Weekly and Village Voice for many years and is a member of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. He is the author of the annual bestseller Disney: A Year of Animation. He lives in Silver Lake, California.
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77. Reuben Hemmer

Designation Author Author Bio Reuben Hemmer is a registered nurse living in St. Louis, Missouri. The influences of his upbringing have produced an insatiable curiosity for the human story and a powerful fascination with people and culture. Inspired by the beauty, pain, and honesty of the Midwest, he attempts to objectively document the complexities of our world through photography.
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78. Andrew Malo

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79. Iain Shaw

Designation Author Author Bio Freelance writer covering food & drink, hospitality and travel. Living in St. Louis, MO, after 14 years in Beijing, China.
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80. Michael Sung

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81. Jake Haggmark

Designation Author Author Bio Jake Haggmark is an architect at HOK and specializes in aviation and transportation. He lives and works in St. Louis city and spends his Saturdays running or biking around the city.
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82. Alexa Beattie

Designation Author Author Bio Ex-pat Londoner Alexa Beattie cut her journalistic teeth on an old Virginia weekly, and went on to cover restaurants and food for the Washington Post's website. These days, given half a chance, she cuts her real teeth on more flavorsome things: Salty/sweet crispy pork, a blue-cheese burger, grilled cheese with chile jam, and — natch — a Marmite crumpet.
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83. Lea-rachel Kosnik

Designation Author Author Bio Lea-Rachel Kosnik holds a doctorate in economics from UCLA and since 2004 has been a professor of economics at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
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84. Leslie Gibson McCarthy

Designation Columnist Author Bio Leslie Gibson McCarthy is an award-winning columnist for the Webster-Kirkwood Times and huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.
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85. Ben Westhoff

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86. Chris Keating

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87. Mabel Suen

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