Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

Marissanne Lewis-Thompson is a reporter for STLPR

who is the afternoon newscaster and general assignment reporter. During her childhood, Marissanne watched documentaries and knew she wanted to tell others’ stories on multi-platforms. This passion led her to the Missouri School of Journalism, where she studied convergence journalism and learned how to tell stories from all viewpoints. Today, Lewis-Thompson is an afternoon newscaster and general assignment reporter at St. Louis Public Radio. She previously spent time as a feature reporter at KRCU in Cape Girardeau, where she covered a wide variety of stories including historic floods, the Bootheel, education and homelessness. She has been an outspoken advocate for racial justice in reporting. Check out some of her work at the link below.