Webinar of 'The ZIP Code Can Change Everything: COVID’s Toll on a St. Louis Neighborhood'

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United states

Authors:

Leyla King
Guest Contributor

Misha Marshall
Guest Speaker

Richard Weiss
Grantee

Kayla Edwards
Pulitzer Center Staff

The Preservation Square neighborhood is located in the middle of the 63106 ZIP code and includes a public elementary school, an early childhood center and a convenience store, and is accessible to Metro bus routes. Nearly half the residents in 63106 do not own vehicles, and half have incomes below the poverty line. Image by Wiley Price / St. Louis American. United States, 2020.

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In 2010, life expectancy in neighborhoods just west of downtown St. Louis was just 67 years. That...

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On July 12, 2021, journalists Richard Weiss and Leyla King, who contributed to a Pulitzer Center-supported project on the topic, and St. Louis resident Misha Marshall, who was featured in the reporting, gathered virtually for a conversation with moderator and Pulitzer Center Outreach Assistant Kayla Edwards to discuss how St. Louis’ most vulnerable neighborhoods were weathering the pandemic.

As the effects of COVID-19 hit communities far and wide, this team of Pulitzer Center grantees tried to capture just one community navigating these times. The 63106 Project is a collaboration between numerous local news outlets to shine a light on the experiences of families in St. Louis amid COVID-19. The project will follow different families throughout the duration of the pandemic, publishing a new chapter of their stories each month.