Melody Walker
Long-time public radio listeners may remember hearing Melody Walker sign off from Paris in the 1980’s where she covered arts, politics, gastronomy, exiled dictators, and terrorist attacks for six years. She returned to WNYC (where she had her first job as a reporter while a student at Barnard College) and became producer of theLeonard Lopate Showand a newsroom reporter. Soon afterMarketplacelaunched, Melody was tapped to run the business show’s New York Bureau. She continued to work forMarketplaceas a freelancer in Chicago and contributed to WBEZ community coverage before another stint in Paris just in time to report on the Euro’s debut and the French reaction to the events of 9/11.
After more than a decade ensconced in academic ivory towers as a public affairs and communications director, Melody is thrilled to be back in the newsroom as the economic development reporter at St. Louis Public Radio.
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Updated at Oct. 9 at 4:50 p.m with comments from Major League Soccer — St. Louis is launching a new bid to attract a Major League Soccer team. Members...
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Wearing bright blue T-shirts with the slogan “U.S. Mail — Not for Sale,” about 80 postal workers gathered Monday in downtown St. Louis. They joined...
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The workforce shortage in the construction industry is not going away. A survey by the Associated General Contractors of America found that 80 percent...
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A few dozen residents gathered in a hearing room at City Hall Wednesday for an unusual nighttime hearing on a proposed bill that would require a city...
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The burgeoning St. Louis fashion industry is bracing for the impact of the latest tariffs on goods from China. Handbags, backpacks, luggage, hats and...
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The news that her Shop 'n Save in Shrewsbury will soon transform into a Schnucks wasn’t welcomed by LaDonna Slovensky. “If it’s going to be a Schnucks,...
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A group working with FLY 314 , the non-profit overseeing the possible lease of St. Louis Lambert International Airport, plans to knock on 100,000 doors...
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There have been many ribbon cuttings in the Cortex district this year. The debut of a new MetroLink station, a new building called Innovation Hall and...
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Shop ‘n Save is checking out of the grocery-store business in the St. Louis region. Schnucks Markets is purchasing 19 area Shop 'n Save groceries owned...
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The Denver-based Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator is expanding its program to St. Louis to support startups doing research in food, water and energy...