St. Louis

The Riverfront Times was founded in 1977 as St. Louis’s alternative newsweekly. Since then, we’ve cultivated an audited weekly circulation of 55,000 Because of the pass-along nature of the RFT, our weekly reach is near 200,000 readers.The Riverfront Times focuses on the issues that are important to St. Louis’s young adults. Each week, hundreds of thousands of readers turn to the RFT for award-winning journalism, powerful investigative reporting, news and commentary on local politics, and the most comprehensive arts and entertainment coverage in the St. Louis area.
Out in STL is the news, politics and lifestyle magazine designed for LGBTQ and LGBTQ-curious readers who are enjoying a new era of acceptance, social mobility and economic growth. Our readers are pursuing a career or higher education, partnered up or actively looking, busy building a full life of friendship, (alternative and traditional) family and social engagement. Our readers are interested in personal and financial growth, travel, living a fulfilling life, and are actively engaged in social issues, including but not limited to LGBTQ political and cultural issues. In addition to our website and social media, we publish four print issues each year, in the Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall

The River City Journalism Fund promotes civic engagement and education of the public through the dissemination of local news in the St. Louis region, and addresses the need for better representation of historically marginalized communities. River City Journalism Fund is governed by a volunteer board of directors composed of community members who care about local journalism.








