St. Louis Post-Dispatch

===20th century===
At one time, the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' had the second-largest [[news bureau]] in Washington, D.C., of any newspaper in the [[Midwestern United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4201/washington_reporters_mass_exodus/|title=Washington Reporters' Mass Exodus|last=Tady|first=Megan|date=February 3, 2009|access-date=February 7, 2009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206074947/http://inthesetimes.com/article/4201/washington_reporters_mass_exodus|archive-date=February 6, 2009}}</ref>

After Joseph Pulitzer's retirement, generations of Pulitzers guided the newspaper, ending when great-grandson Joseph Pulitzer IV left the company in 1995.

The ''Post-Dispatch'' was characterized by a [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] [[editorial page]] and columnists, including [[Marquis Childs]]. The editorial page was noted also for [[political cartoon]]s by [[Daniel R. Fitzpatrick]], who won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/daniel-r-fitzpatrick|title=Daniel R. Fitzpatrick of ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch''|website=www.pulitzer.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-01|archive-date=July 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702011355/http://www.pulitzer.org/winners/daniel-r-fitzpatrick|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Bill Mauldin]], who won the Pulitzer for editorial cartoons in 1959.

On May 22, 1946, the ''Post-Dispatch'' became the first newspaper in the world to publish the secret protocols for the 1939 [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Richard L.|last=Stokes|title=Secret Soviet-Nazi Pacts on Eastern Europe Aired: Purported Texts on Agreed Spheres of Influence Produced at Nuernberg but Not Admitted at Trial|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/138237790/|page=1|date=22 May 1946|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718083554/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/138237790/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the presidency of [[Harry S. Truman]], the paper was one of his most outspoken critics. It associated him with the [[Tom Pendergast|Pendergast]] machine in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], and constantly attacked his [[integrity]].

In 1950, the ''Post-Dispatch'' sent a reporter, Dent McSkimming, to [[Second Brazilian Republic|Brazil]] to cover the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]. The reporter paid for his own travelling expenses and was the only U.S. reporter in all of Brazil covering the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/arts-leisure/info-06-2010/walter_bahr_profile.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180611230708/https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/arts-leisure/info-06-2010/walter_bahr_profile.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2018|title=Walter Bahr reflects on the day the US beat England and stunned the soccer world|date=10 June 2010|first=John|last=Hanc|publisher=AARP|access-date=11 June 2018}}</ref>

In 1959 the ''[[St. Louis Globe-Democrat]]'' entered into a joint operating agreement with the ''Post-Dispatch''. The Post–Globe operation merged advertising, printing functions and shared profits. The ''Post-Dispatch'', distributed evenings, had a smaller circulation than the ''Globe-Democrat'', a morning daily. The ''Globe-Democrat'' folded in 1983, leaving the ''Post-Dispatch'' as the only daily newspaper in the region.<ref>{{cite news|title=St. Louis Globe-Democrat announces it will close this year|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/08/us/st-louis-globe-democrat-announces-it-will-close-this-year.html|access-date=25 June 2017|work=The New York Times|date=7 November 1983|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628052711/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/08/us/st-louis-globe-democrat-announces-it-will-close-this-year.html|archive-date=28 June 2017}}</ref>

In August 1973 a [[Teamsters]] union local representing ''Globe-Democrat'' and ''Post-Dispatch'' staffers went on strike, halting production for six weeks.<ref>{{cite news|title=Post-Dispatch in St. Louis Publishes After 6 Weeks|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/07/archives/postdispatch-in-st-louis-publishes-after-6-weeks.html|access-date=25 June 2017|agency=Associated Press|date=6 October 1973|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629204042/http://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/07/archives/postdispatch-in-st-louis-publishes-after-6-weeks.html|archive-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>