Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Pitts' career a journey from Top 40 radio to liberal columnist
By  • 11 January 2018
Leonard Pitts, Jr. called himself a writer at the age of five. Writing, for Pitts, was not something he decided to do – he followed something in his heart. “I'd told everybody that I was…
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Ferguson reshaped columnist's career
By  • 13 January 2017
Tony Messenger knew that his journalistic career would never be the same after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. In the days after the unarmed 18-year-old black…
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St. Louis racial divisions in columnist's spotlight
By  • 12 January 2017
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…
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