Arnie Robbins

Ellen Back Again: Arnie Robbins steps down as editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and RFT checks in with his predecessor

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Now a Six-Day-a-Week Paper on Newsstands

Saturday fades away​If you're looking to pick up tomorrow's Saturday edition of the Post-Dispatch at area stores and newsstands, fuhgeddaboutit. The paper announced this week that, effective tomorrow, the Saturday paper will no longer be for sale at retailers on a single-copy basis. Instead, the P ... More >>

Carolyn Tuft Leaving Post-Dispatch; Investigative Reporter Had Successful, Rocky Run

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergTuft outside the Post-Dispatch in 2006.​Veteran reporter Carolyn Tuft is stepping down from the Post-Dispatch.Daily RFT first got wind of Tuft's departure earlier this week. We've been unable to get in touch with Tuft, but today Post-Dispatch editor Arnie Robbins responde ... More >>

And, The Staycation's Over for Tom Uhlenbrock, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Longtime Travel Writer

Blast off!​Well that didn't last long. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tom Uhlenbrock resigned yesterday. Uhlenbrock, who joined the paper in 1987, had spent a decade penning travelogues but got reassigned to the metro staff about two weeks ago. Instead of spinning tales from far-flung fun-lands, ... More >>

The author of a vigilante website explains why he's not a pussy, and we offer a job to Jerry Berger

Blast off!​Well that didn't last long. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tom Uhlenbrock resigned yesterday. Uhlenbrock, who joined the paper in 1987, had spent a decade penning travelogues but got reassigned to the metro staff about two weeks ago. Instead of spinning tales from far-flung fun-lands, ... More >>

RFT readers rush to Sarah Palin's defense, and they're not ready to kiss off Jerry Berger, either

Blast off!​Well that didn't last long. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tom Uhlenbrock resigned yesterday. Uhlenbrock, who joined the paper in 1987, had spent a decade penning travelogues but got reassigned to the metro staff about two weeks ago. Instead of spinning tales from far-flung fun-lands, ... More >>

Jerry Berger gets the boot, Gant Bloom gets a green light, and Sammy Sosa's in a whiteout

Blast off!​Well that didn't last long. St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Tom Uhlenbrock resigned yesterday. Uhlenbrock, who joined the paper in 1987, had spent a decade penning travelogues but got reassigned to the metro staff about two weeks ago. Instead of spinning tales from far-flung fun-lands, ... More >>

Kiss, Kiss! Unreal Invites Jerry Berger to Work for Riverfront Times!

bergersbeat.comJerry Berger​Back when we was a pup, men were men and what happened in the newsroom stayed in the newsroom. That's why Unreal coughed up our morning tequila shot when we read Chad Garrison's scoop about 76-year-old Gossip Column Emeritus Jerry Berger getting banned from the Pos ... More >>

Jerry Berger Banned from Post-Dispatch for "Inappropriate Behavior"

bergersbeat.comJerry Berger​Former Post-Dispatch gossip columnist Jerry Berger has been banned from his old place of employment. Berger -- who retired from the St. Louis daily in 2004 and recently debuted his own online gossip column -- has remained a somewhat regular fixture at the Post-Disp ... More >>

Lots Happening in the Newsroom at 900 North Tucker

Photo ViaJoe Mahr​Let's start with the bad news: the imminent departure of St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigative reporter Joe Mahr (who the RFT just named its Best Reporter of 2009 earlier this month.) You probably saw his byline, along with that of fellow muckraker Jeremy Kohler, atop this past w ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Will Not Hire a New Art Critic

Update on David Bonetti's retirement tomorrow from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Executive editor Arnie Robbins tells Daily RFT that he will not replace Bonetti, who reviewed all visual arts and architecture for the Post. "We will cover art well, however, because art is so important to a community a ... More >>

Yet Another Round of Layoffs at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch newsroom last night lost another four people: three news researchers (who compile material for reporters) and a photo assistant.Executive editor Arnie Robbins announced the cuts in a memo to staff this morning, saying, "We left a handful of positions unfilled over the cou ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Editor Calls Maples "A Tremendous Partner," Laments His Deputy's Departure

Following up on yesterday's post containing departing managing editor Pam Maples' farewell e-mail to her St. Louis Post-Dispatch staffers... Executive editor Arnie Robbins' internal memo announcing Maples' sudden resignation late Friday appears after the jump. Robbins says in the long note, "To say ... More >>

Seemingly Tearful Goodbye From the Post-Dispatch's Departing Managing Editor

Pam Maples, managing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, announced late Friday that she'll be punching the clock at 900 North Tucker Boulevard for the last time on August 18 -- a big surprise to the newsroom's rank-and-file, according to folks who spoke to The Daily RFT.Executive editor Arnie Rob ... More >>

Post-Dispatch to MLB: Can We Have the All-Star Game in St. Louis Every Year? Please!!

An All-Star Game cover of the Post-Dispatch now for sale on stltoday.com for $19.95.The All-Star Game was very kind to the hometown daily. The media-focused magazine Editor & Publisher yesterday reported that the Post-Dispatch increased its press run by 20,000 copies today and yesterday based on ... More >>

Ass Clown of the Week: Tea Baggers

An ass clown who doesn't tea bag? Is there such a beast? Voting wrapped up Sunday morning, and by a convincing margin Daily RFT readers chose everyone who attended last week's Tax Day Tea Party at Kiener Plaza as the biggest ass clowns of the week. Congratulations tea baggers. When it came to embarr ... More >>

Who is Daily RFT's "Ass Clown" of the Week? Vote Now!

Lots of candidates for Daily RFT's weekly Ass Clown award. You know the rules: Vote early, vote often and nominate your own choice in the Comments thread. Back at you later with the results. 1. David Dausman -- Former Wellston police officer charged this week with corruption by a public servant, pat ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Editor on Sylvester Brown's Possible Replacement

www.sylvesterbrownjr.blogspot.comI carried on so with that blog yesterday about Sylvester Brown's tempestuous departure from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that I completely forgot to include some information about who will replace Brown as a metro columnist.Editor Arnie Robbins told me he's not sure i ... More >>

More on Sylvester Brown: The Editors' Memo

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Labor Pains: St. Louis landscapers worry they'll be short Mexican workers to mow lawns and bag leaves

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Eighteen to be Laid Off Today at Post-Dispatch

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Who's Watching the Post-Dispatch?

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

The Post-Dispatch is shedding news pages and slashing editorial staff – and there's no end in sight

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Easter Resurrection Retraction: Regret the Error Blogger's Take

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Post-Dispatch Easter Story Retracted -- and It Won't Be Resurrected

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Ellen Soeteber Sighting

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Two More Post Memos We Forgot to Post

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Mo' Memos

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Bertelson Moves off Post-Dispatch Editorial Page

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Tuft Call

Photo: Nick LucchesiBrown said adios in a speech yesterday afternoonSomebody help me out here - is there an editors' note re: erstwhile St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Sylvester Brown in the paper today, or online?I have put in a request to chat with Editor Arnie Robbins and am waiting to hear bac ... More >>

Hang Tuft

An embittered Post-Dispatch reporter says her editors hung her out to dry.

Newsless in St. Louis

Survey: Post-Dispatch finishes dead last in urban coverage.

The Exorcist

A new editor reorganizes and sends the ghost of Cole Campbell packing

Dead Heat

Efforts to tie attempted voter fraud to the Bosley campaign haven't stuck

Bad Head Job

The Post leans on TV for election coverage and flubs the Big Story

That's No Prostitute, That's My Wife

Sexual gadflies Tom and Suzi Wahl play show-and-tell with members of the local media, who respond with varying degrees of uninterest

Murder, They Advertised

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon speaks out against Benetton's "We, on Death Row" ad supplement featuring Missouri inmates; plus, other St. Louis follies and foibles

A FEW "CHOICE" WORDS

What makes a restaurant the "best," according to the Post-Dispatch advertising department

St. Louis: No. 1 in Bad Crime Coverage

What makes a restaurant the "best," according to the Post-Dispatch advertising department