In January 2009, KETC/Channel 9 gave students from St. Louis University Flip cameras to interview their friends and peers about their visions of the American Dream. The videos are fantastic, and what I like most is the optimism of the students. They realize that times are tough right now and that the economy isn’t doing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 29, 2009
Originally appeared in the St. Louis Beacon Written by: Mary Delach Leonard Posted 3:13 p.m. Wed., Jan. 28 – In the grand scheme of the U.S. mortgage meltdown, Stacy Haynes of St. Louis is just one in 2.3 million. That’s the number of U.S. property owners who received foreclosure notices of some type in 2008, according to RealtyTrac.com, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 12, 2008
November 12, 2008 Please join us for the St. Louis Community Cinema Series at the Missouri History Museum on Tuesday, November 18 for a screening of the film I.O.U.S.A. Take a look at the flyer below. I will be posting the trailer momentarily.
Continue reading...Monday, October 20, 2008
October 20, 2008 I want to use this post as a way of soliciting some feedback, from you, about the direction of Facing the Morgage Crisis. While we have not created new content in awhile the work is still continuing here at KETC. The project team still gathers at 8:30 a.m. every morning to discuss how we [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 24, 2008
September 24, 2008 Anatomy of a foreclosure: For Sale – A house full of memories (Part 1) By Mary Delach Leonard, St. Louis Beacon staff Part 1 of 3 The collapse of some of the nation’s oldest financial institutions started on Main Street America with hundreds and thousands of homeowners such as 56-year-old Maureen McKenzie of Kirkwood who [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 18, 2008
September 18, 2008 It’s natural to want to ignore shrill Wall Street news about vaguely familiar-sounding mega firms – that’s the kind of thing that only big investors and stock market junkies care about, right? Well, almost. You can tune out as long as you don’t pay taxes, have a 401(k) or pension, hope to ever [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
July 24, 2008 On July 22, KETC’s Ruth Ezell hosted the second of a two-part series entitled, Facing the Mortgage Crisis. The show covers the important topics regarding foreclosure that affect not just St. Louis, but communities nationwide. Neighborhoods with foreclosed homes attract criminals and experience a higher rate of vandalism and crime. Neighborhood stabilization [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 Facing the Mortgage Crisis aired last night on KETC/Channel 9. We were “twittering” throughout the program with updates of the show. Not twittering along? You too can follow Channel 9 on Twitter at: www.twitter.com/ketc Here is what you missed. July 15, 2008 from 7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. ketc It’s almost twitter time. We’re live in [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 29, 2008
June 29, 2008 Everything that we will broadcast on what is going on and how you can get and give help can be found on our YouTube Channnel here – you can subscribe to it and stay in touch more easily
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