Eric Schmid is an accomplished multimedia creative based in St. Louis with over six years of experience as a print, digital, and radio journalist. He asks thoughtful questions that cut to the heart of a subject matter and has a keen ability to distill swaths of complex information into accessible, dynamic, and engaging narratives. Eric has demonstrated success managing large scale projects both independently and as part of a team and exhibits advanced skill fostering trust with community contacts, leading interviews and focus groups, writing for general audiences and subject matter experts, developing long-term plans and strategies, and producing multimedia content for many platforms.

As a journalist, he has garnered awards and national recognition for his revelatory investigative reporting and has had work appeared many regional and national publications including Grist, Marketplace, NPR, Undark Magazine. He loves the challenge that comes with learning something new and regularly looks for any opportunity to expand his already diverse skillset.

Eric joined St. Louis Public Radio in June 2019 as a Report for America Corps Member, tasked with developing and leading the station’s coverage strategy of suburban St. Louis communities in Illinois. In June 2022, he was promoted to cover economic development across the 2.8 million-person St. Louis region.

Before joining St. Louis Public Radio, Eric held internships at Fox News Channel, NPR member station WSHU Public Radio, and AccuWeather. He graduated from Stony Brook University as the valedictorian of the School of Journalism.

Lead image by Brian Muñoz. All other photography on this page by Eric Schmid.