St. Louis Beacon

[1] Several of the site's founders include former reporters and editors from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

[2] Funded largely by outside donations, the Beacon had 15 paid staffers and dozens of outside contributors.

[1] Beacon coverage trended toward public issues rather than news events.

As an example, the St. Louis Journalism Review points to the Beacon's lack of coverage of St. Louis Cardinals' player Albert Pujols' calf injury in June 2008.

The Beacon home page refers readers to the St. Louis Public Radio News web site for staff members' current work, indicating the end of news publishing as the St. Louis Beacon.