Brian Munoz
Visuals EditorBrian Munoz is the Visuals Editor and a reporter at St. Louis Public Radio. Prior to joining the newsroom, he worked at the USA TODAY as a visual storyteller, largely covering politics and sports. He has also worked The Southern Illinoisan as a multimedia correspondent where he covered topics such as social justice, immigration and rural issues.
Munoz's work has appeared in national publications such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, NPR, and The Washington Post. In addition, his work — both visual and written — has been honored by several state and national journalism organizations, including being named a 2019 ProPublica Emerging Reporter.
Munoz graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2019 with a degree in journalism. While in college, he was a proud member of the Marching Salukis as well as working at the Daily Egyptian — the university’s student newspaper. When he isn’t diving into a good story, you can find him binge-watching sports, creating content in the marching arts and exploring the world of food.
You can reach him by email at bmunoz@stlpr.org and follow his adventures on Instagram and Twitter at @brianmmunoz.
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Immigrants in St. Louis with longstanding deportation orders were texted to report to the agency's office by the end of the day Wednesday. Attorneys say some who showed up have been detained on arrival. -
The office's newest attorney comes in at a time the agency's leader is embroiled in numerous lawsuits, including ones sparked by alleged defamation and false imprisonment. -
About two months after his death in ICE custody, Brayan Garzón-Rayo’s family buried his ashes with support from the Ashrei Foundation. -
The St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery backtracked on a plan to stop transporting sick and injured detainees to the hospital at a budget committee meeting Monday. He’d previously told Mayor Cara Spencer his office did not have the resources to do that transportation. -
Pride St. Louis’ annual parade down Market Street will remain free of charge. -
The team has been plagued by injuries and is mired by a winless 11-game streak in Major League Soccer this season. -
"It literally had looked like a bomb had just went off," one volunteer said of the tornado's damage in north St. Louis. "Blocks and blocks of homes that are just gone." -
More than 5,000 homes were impacted, and 38 people were injured after an EF3 tornado tore across St. Louis. -
La agencia federal afirma que Brayan Garzón-Rayo no recibió una evaluación de salud mental debido a la escasez de personal ese día y a que posteriormente dio positivo por COVID-19. -
The federal agency says Brayan Garzón-Rayo did not receive a mental health evaluation due to staffing shortages that day and later testing positive for COVID-19.
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Lucy Garzón lo arriesgó todo para mantener a sus hijos a salvo, pero terminó perdiendo a un hijo en el país que esperaba lo protegiera. -
Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.
