Britny Cordera
2022-2023 Newsroom InternBritny Cordera is a poet and journalist based in St. Louis. She teaches creative writing with the St. Louis Poetry Center and helps build capacity for storytelling nonprofits in the area. Her goal is to empower communities to act on climate solutions by reporting on environmental justice and culture.
She was part of the 2022 NPR Next Generation Radio Project at St. Louis Public Radio and her work can be found in Grist Fix, The New Territory, Atmos, and Next City. When she is not doing journalism, or writing poetry, Britny connects with her inner child by watching anime and roller skating.
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St. Louis-based gas utility Spire is expanding programs that help customers with past due bills and those with medical emergencies pay their bills. The company’s additional efforts to help some customers come as it raises rates about $3 a month for the average customer.
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Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is proposing a library rule about age-appropriate reading materials and events that could affect state funding to public libraries if they don’t comply.
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The VA Infrastructure Powers Exceptional Research (VIPER) Act introduced by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs could support medical advancements on prosthetics and mental health.
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The drought affecting the Midwest has revealed an extra 1,100 feet to a cave in the Missouri Ozarks at Smallin Cave, a registered National Historic Place.
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Despite nationwide concerns of harassment and violence at the polls, St. Louis election officials express confidence that voters and election workers will be safe.
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The Hawthorn becomes newest St. Louis Concert venue with free grand opening.
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Extreme weather changes have impacted the work farmers do, and it’s no different for Mitchell Pearson, who runs an urban farm in Spanish Lake.