St. Louis Public Radio
Andrea Henderson is a seasoned reporter currently serving as a Race, Culture, and Identity Reporter for St. Louis Public Radio since March 2019, focusing on discrimination and economic disparities. Previous experience includes freelance reporting for The Aspen Institute, highlighting the experiences of college student parents, and serving as an Investigative Fellow at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, where advocacy against voter disenfranchisement was a key topic. Additional roles include freelance reporting for 70 Million Podcast, multimedia reporting for Empower Magazine, and production assistance at NPR, where impactful stories on race and culture were developed. Andrea holds a Master of Arts in Arts Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from The University of Texas at Arlington.
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio is a non-profit media organization, delivering accuracy and understanding. We ask difficult questions and push the boundaries of storytelling, bringing context and humanity to the issues and ideas that affect life in the metro region, Rolla, Quincy and rural areas in Missouri and Illinois. Reflecting the voices of our community, we engage in crucial conversations that bring people together. With award-winning local news coverage, original podcasts, jazz and classical music channels, and national and international news from NPR and the BBC, we are a listener-supported service of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.