Véronique LaCapra
Science reporter Véronique LaCapra first caught the radio bug writing commentaries for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. After producing her first audio documentaries at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies in N.C., she was hooked! She has done ecological research in the Brazilian Pantanal; regulated pesticides for the Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington, Va.; been a freelance writer and volunteer in South Africa; and contributed radio features to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. She earned a Ph.D. in ecosystem ecology from the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in environmental policy and biology from Cornell. LaCapra grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and in her mother’s home town of Auxerre, France. LeCapra reported for St. Louis Public Radio from 2010 to 2016.
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Saturday is sponsoring a nationwide prescription drug take-back event. Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., anyone...
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Every year, monarch butterflies undertake what seems like an impossible journey. By the millions, they leave their summer breeding grounds in the United...
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For years in most states, Medicaid eligibility had been limited to disabled adults, seniors needing long-term care and very low-income parents with...
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new device that may one day help...
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(Updated at 3:39 p.m., February 20) Missouri senators passed a resolution to block the federal government's proposed changes in tourist restrictions at...
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Every winter, hundreds of trumpeter swans migrate from their breeding grounds in Wisconsin to the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, just across the...
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Updated Thursday 10:15 p.m. The Sierra Club says Ameren has been routinely violating air quality standards at its St. Louis-area power plants. In a...
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A month ago, St. Louis Public Radio reported on the questionable manner in which the state of Missouri got ahold of its potential execution drug. Now...
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Updated at 5:50 p.m. with quote by Sara Parker Pauley; updated at 3:41 p.m. with quote by Lorin Crandall. The Missouri Clean Water Commission has approved
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Two weeks ago, Gov. Jay Nixon instructed the Missouri Department of Corrections to come up with a new procedure for carrying out lethal injections. On