Fontella Bradford
Communications SpecialistAs the Communications Specialist for St. Louis Public Radio, Fontella gets to showcase the award-winning local reporting, original programming and community engagement that make STLPR a beloved regional institution. She studied journalism and fine art at Webster University and has worked for institutions across St. Louis as a journalist, copywriter, editor and project manager.
Fontella was formerly Publications Associate at the Saint Louis Art Museum during the Museum’s expansion. As project manager and editorial support staff, she helped the Design Department produce thousands of new didactics for the Grand Opening in 2013. She’s a native St. Louisan who rather redundantly enjoys reading, writing, painting and public media in her leisure.
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STLPR assumes that efforts to claw back federal funding will be ongoing. Here's what we're doing to protect our local newsroom, and here's how you can continue to help. -
St. Louis Public Radio has won a First Place National Headliner Award for Best Radio Series for “Unsolved,” its months-long investigative series in collaboration with APM Reports and the Marshall Project that explored how police in St. Louis have struggled to solve killings, leaving thousands of family members without answers. This is the third national award for the Unsolved series. -
St. Louis Public Radio was awarded seven Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). -
Late on Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut funds for the nation’s public media stations. The cuts would impact NPR, PBS and the more than 1,300 local public media stations across the country, including STLPR. -
The 2025 St. Louis Public Radio Teen Photojournalist Prize's top honor was given to a Granite City High School junior. -
St. Louis Public Radio earned national recognition Sunday, winning a 2024 EPPY Award from Editor & Publisher Magazine, which honors the best in digital news publishing. The station was awarded Best Collaborative Investigative/Enterprise Reporting for its multi-part investigation of St. Louis’ homicide clearance rates, produced in partnership with APM Reports and the Marshall Project. -
St. Louis Public Radio is adding to its coverage of the Missouri Legislature by launching a Statehouse reporting internship in partnership with the River City Journalism Fund. -
She could have said "You belong with me," but Diane Katzman, STLPR board member and owner of Diane Katzman Design, found an incredible use for her recent Hear the Future auction win. -
Meet STLPR’s latest newsroom additions: Education Reporter Hiba Ahmad and Digital Editor Jessica Rogen. Plus, we touch base with STLPR’s photojournalist Brian Munoz, who was recently named the station’s first Visuals Editor. -
A new survey from The Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College Polling Center asked registered voters in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska about measures on Nov. 5 ballots and socio-economic issues. -
St. Louis Public Radio’s NPR Next Generation Radio collaboration introduces participants to a new world of multimedia storytelling with technical skills built over the course of an intensive week with STLPR and NPR staffers. -
STLPR won first place in best newscast, best investigative reporting, best digital presence and best podcast at the Illinois News Broadcasters Association (INBA) 2024 Crystal Mic Awards on Sept. 21.
