Quick takes on what we hear, read and see

2006
Spring	The Death of Black Radio	A personal perspective from Bernie Hayes
Summer	Looking Through the Lens of Change: The Otro Mar Project	Mix social activism and digital filmmaking and you've got a powerful combination
Fall	Young Writers Calling the Shots: Corner Pocket Magazine	The St. Louis kids' latest assignment: review Weird Al's "White & Nerdy" in the context of black youth culture
2005
Jan	Life, Underground	My own journey through the scene in St. Louis led me to make a documentary about all the cool people out there, just doing their own thing
Mar	News, in Black and White	The new editor of St. Louis' oldest black newspaper hopes it will be read all over, as the sleepy underdog wakes up
May	Rebuilding St. Louis: Telling the Story of a City's Comeback	Independent video producer Margie Newman brings urban revitalization to living rooms throughout the region
Sep	News About the News	A roundup of media tidbits, since last we spoke
Dec	Pod Politics	Listen up, city of St. Louis! Your mayor's website is talking
2004
Feb	Livin' la Vida Louis	KETC strengthens its stable of local-origination programming with "Living St. Louis"
May	Bye Bye, Berger	St. Louis loses its gossip column of record, which goes out in a swirling cloud of gossip of its own
Jun	Blogging the Lou	Wanna waste time at work and keep up on the doin's in town? St. Louis-based blogs are required reading.
Nov	I'll Be a Young American	An expat writer comes home to take the editorial reins at the St. Louis American
Dec	Is Pulitzer Prized?	We spoke to the editor of the St. Louis Journalism Review the day that Pulitzer Company announced it was exploring a sale that would include its flagship newspaper, the Post-Dispatch
2003
Jan	Farewell to the Mainstream Revolutionary	St. Louis had no better friend than the late Greg Freeman
Feb	Tales with a TwiST	TwiST magazine tries to stake out a middle ground between gay and straight
Mar	Driven by Design	A snappy new publication is catching the eye — and attention — of folks interested in our city's design and architectural landscape
Apr	Forecast for Our Times from the Weather Underground	Revolutionary Bill Ayers addressed a small St. Louis audience in mid-February, discussing the outlets for peace, the value of protest and the media's power in "the United States of Amnesia"
May	Regime Change at the RFT	St. Louis native Tom Finkel returns home to take the reins at the Riverfront Times
Jun	Playback St. Louis: The Birth of a Monster	Running a local arts and entertainment magazine is a lot like having children
Jul	When News Breaks	One local reporter's experience covering the human drama of the McRee Town controversy
Aug	Party Time, Excellent	Take the sorry state of television into your own hands at DHTV, where your public access show could be as popular as "Wayne's World"
Sep	A Voice Among the Stacks	Our roving literary reporter rates the best and worst newsstands around town, learning a little about boob jobs along the way
Oct	Sports Plus ... What?	St. Louis broadcasters' many allegiances often blur the line between journalism and commercial pitching
Nov	Wake Up, Plug In, Speak Out	St. Louis-based Socket Press plans to return literature to the masses
Dec	Workin' It	A new book lets the people of St. Louis tell their own stories of being on the job in the big city
2002
Jan	Under the Radar	First-time filmmaker Matt Meyer dissects the creation of his highly-entertaining punk rock documentary, STL 2000
Feb	Whats Up Magazine Hits the Streets	A new publication distributed by homeless St. Louisans aims to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable
Mar	R.I.P to P.E.P.	One local fan remembers the genius of Pete Parisi and his scandalous "World Wide Magazine"
Apr	Taking da Lou Worldwide	Stlhiphop.com gives St. Louis artists a much-needed media outlet
May	Back to Basics	Putting people back into the equation makes technology a great neighborhood tool
Jun	Media Arts Alliance	A short history and a drawn out obituary for a pioneering new media experiment
Jul	Who Counts?	Did St. Louis police, along with our local daily newspaper editors, downplay the murders of a suspected serial killer until the very end?
Aug	St. Pauls, Brains, Snoots and Tripe	For a Pittsburgh video crew, St. Louis offers a wealth of weird and wacky sandwiches. Here's the inside scoop on their search for funky foods, coming to a PBS station near you.
Sep	Power (of the Press) to the People	Pissed at the Post? Apathetic towards the American? Maybe you're ready for the pugnacious Public Defender.
Oct	Mix Tapes	Trial and error on the road to a decent, locally produced music t.v. show for the Lou
Nov	Sunday Morning Live	Need a new fix for news, talk and debate? Then try an unlikely source: Majic 105 on a weekend morning.
Dec	They Shoot Outsiders Here, Don't They?	Ten months after his arrival as editor-in-chief at the Riverfront Times, the Speedloader unloads on what he loathes — and loves — about St. Louis
2001
Jan	Random Notes on Local Media	Chuck Norman's party, JC's book and other media tidbits
Feb	Orestes, Oregon, and Oratory	Where to get your information, from official campaign rhetoric to experimental student tv
Mar	The Frequency of Community	KDHX General Manager Bev Hacker parses out the station's successes and goals
Apr	Let's Pretend	Media make-believe leads to a shiny, happy U.S.A.; who cares if it's for real?
May	(Press) Power to the People	The St. Louis Independent Media Center hits town and the web to tell the untold stories
Jun	Talk Radio	On KMOX's wee hours shift, the "interesting" callers come out when the sun goes down
Jul	The Accidental Media Campaign	A chance meeting turns into a positive commercial appeal for the city
Aug	Lights, Camera and St. Louis Action	It's a wrap for the St. Louis Filmmaker Showcase, and other movie tidbits from around town
Sep	Wake Up to Lizz Brown	A chat with WGNU's controversial conversationalist, who loves being called a liberal
Oct	R.I.P.: Intermission Magazine	The former editor and publisher dissects the death of the independent, monthly mag
Nov	Foreign Diplomacy	The editor of the southside Suburban Journals speaks out on why he decided to publish in the Bosnian language, and offers a response to angry, longtime readers
Dec	Flame Wars, Marketing Droids and the Power of Information	The host of our town's hottest e-mail lists discusses their history and the role they play in the life of our city

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