Cristina Fletes-Mach
Visual Communications Specialist | © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌÃCristina Fletes-Mach is an award-winning photographer and videographer. As © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ's visual communications specialist, she creates art to help draw attention to STLPR’s public service journalism. She previously worked at St. Louis University and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has taught visual communications and has a masters degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. Originally from Louisiana, she is also a painter and illustrator.
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"It literally had looked like a bomb had just went off," one volunteer said of the tornado's damage in north St. Louis. "Blocks and blocks of homes that are just gone."
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St. Louis voters elected a new leader and 3 newcomers to the city's public school board.
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Less than 18% of the city's registered voters participated in the election, according to unofficial final results — down from about 22% in 2021's mayoral primary.
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In 2024, the St. Louis region saw it all — triumph, tragedy and hope. Relive these moments and more through the lenses of © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ’s photojournalists.
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With former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on the top of the ticket, Missouri and Illinois residents are casting their ballots for a far-ranging slate of candidates and issues.
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Darkness and awe swept across southern Missouri and Illinois on Monday as the moon passed between Earth and the sun. © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ's photographers documented the scene.