St. Louis Post-Dispatch

===21st century===
[[File:St. Louis Post-Dispatch headquarters.JPG|thumb|Former ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' headquarters]]
In September 2003, the ''Post-Dispatch'' accepted submissions for a 63rd anniversary special of ''[[Our Own Oddities]]'', a lighthearted feature that ran from 1940 to 1991.<ref>"Are We as Odd as We Used to Be?" ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', September 3, 2003.</ref> The best submissions, including a duck-shaped cucumber and a woman born on [[Attack on Pearl Harbor|December 7, 1941]], with the initials W.A.R., were illustrated by ''Post-Dispatch'' artist Dan Martin and featured in the October 6, 2003, edition.<ref>Jeff Daniel, "It's Odd That You Should Mention It," ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', October 6, 2003.</ref>

On January 13, 2004, the ''Post-Dispatch'' published a 125th-anniversary edition, which included some highlights of the paper's 125&nbsp;years:

* Coverage of [[Charles Lindbergh]], who flew across the Atlantic despite being denied financial or written support from the ''Post-Dispatch.''
* A Pulitzer Prize-winning campaign to clean up [[air pollution|smoke pollution]] in St. Louis. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the city had [[1939 St. Louis smog|the filthiest air in the United States]].
* Sports coverage, including nine [[St. Louis Cardinals]] championships, an NBA title by the [[St. Louis Hawks]] in 1958, and the 2000 Super Bowl victory of the [[St. Louis Rams]].
* Coverage of the city's "cultural icons" including [[Kate Chopin]], [[Tennessee Williams]], [[Chuck Berry]], and [[Miles Davis]].

On January 31, 2005, Michael Pulitzer announced the sale of Pulitzer, Inc. and all its assets, including the ''Post-Dispatch'' and a small share of the St. Louis Cardinals, to [[Lee Enterprises]] of [[Davenport, Iowa]], for $1.46&nbsp;billion. He said no family members would serve on the board of the merged company.

{{As of|2007|post=,}} the ''Post-Dispatch'' was the fifth-largest newspaper in the [[midwestern United States]] and the 26th-largest newspaper in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |date=2007 |title=Top 100 Newspapers in the United States |url=https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/journalism-literature/top-100-newspapers-united-states |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.infoplease.com |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806201759/https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/journalism-literature/top-100-newspapers-united-states |url-status=live }}</ref>

On March 12, 2007, the paper eliminated 31 jobs, mostly in its circulation, classified phone rooms, production, purchasing, telephone operations and marketing departments.<ref>"St. Louis Post Dispatch to cut 31 Jobs", ''St. Louis Business Journal'', March 12, 2007.</ref> Several rounds of layoffs have followed.

On March 23, 2009, the paper converted to a [[compact (newspaper)|compact]] style every day from the previous [[broadsheet]] Sunday through Friday and [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] on Saturday.

On May 4, 2012, the ''Post-Dispatch'' named a new editor, Gilbert Bailon.

In 2015, the paper was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography for its coverage of protests in Ferguson, Missouri.