Sarah Fenske
“St. Louis On The Air” Host/ProducerSarah Fenske served as host of St. Louis on the Air from July 2019 until June 2022. Before that, she spent twenty years in newspapers, working as a reporter, columnist and editor in Cleveland, Houston, Phoenix, Los Angeles and St. Louis.
She won the Livingston Award for Young Journalists for her work in Phoenix exposing corruption at the local housing authority. She also won numerous awards for column writing, including multiple first place wins from the Arizona Press Club, the Association of Women in Journalism (the Clarion Awards) and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
From 2015 to July 2019, Sarah was editor in chief of St. Louis' alt-weekly, the Riverfront Times. She and her husband, John, are raising their two young daughters and ill-behaved border terrier in Lafayette Square.
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Jenny Pratt’s one-night-only show will feature 10 St. Louis women telling true stories at the Sheldon. -
River enthusiast Dean Klinkenberg is convinced “St. Louis deserves a marina.” -
St. Louis Circuit Court will honor the men and women who filed freedom suits in St. Louis — and the lawyers who worked on them. -
Rick Beyer’s 2013 documentary “The Ghost Army” helped lead to new recognition for “World War II’s artists of deception.” -
Michael Politte was a teenager when he was convicted of murdering his mother, Rita. He has long insisted he did not do it. -
Washington University law professor Neil Richards is a leading expert on privacy. -
Gov. Mike Parson’s comments on Don Kauerauf triggered civil rights complaints from at least one rabbi and several Muslims. -
Litigation over mask mandates for schools and the fallout from a sexual assault case in Quincy were topics on St. Louis on the Air’s Legal Roundtable. -
Mast cell activation syndrome provides important clues for the treatment of long COVID-19, says Dr. Leonard Weinstock of Missouri Baptist Medical Center. -
Lipedema is a big problem for many women — yet the condition is frequently misdiagnosed. -
Betty Frizzell is the former police chief of Winfield, Missouri. Her memoir, “If You Can’t Quit Cryin’, You Can’t Come Here No More," explores her family's history of poverty, crime and mental illness. -
Tonka’s owner, a Missouri woman named Tonia Haddix, says he is dead. PETA doesn’t buy it.
