Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism

St. Louis racial divisions in columnist's spotlight

12 January 2017
Officers and protesters face off in Ferguson, Mo. August 2015, a year after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson File)

The shooting death of Michael Brown and the ensuing riots in Ferguson, Mo. altered the course of Tony Messenger's career.

Along with colleague Kevin Horrigan, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial writer was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2015.

He's since become a metro columnist for the newspaper and continued to paint an unflinching portrait of race relations in St. Louis.

On this special edition of Global Journalist, Messenger speaks with guest host Joshua Kranzberg about his career and his award-winning coverage of St. Louis's racial divisions.

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