So I moved to St. Louis

April 3, 2018

Just over a month ago, I left Youngstown where I had been interning for almost two years and began a three month internship at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Here are some images from my first month.

Cpl. Micah Nelson walks past his cruiser while performing a traffic stop, Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Jefferson County. Cpl. Nelson, a supervisor with the Jefferson County Sheriffs department, is one of anywhere between 8-14 officers on duty servicing the county’s over 620 square miles. Proposition P, if passed, looks to increase salaries and also add more officers, buy equipment and provide more training.Photo by Nikos Frazier, nfrazier@post-dispatch.com

Family members react as the St. Louis police investigate the scene of a fatal shooting on the 800 block of Goodfellow Boulevard, Monday, March 19, 2018. Police said officers received a call about a shooting about 10:30 a.m. and found a man inside the car with a gunshot wound. Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.Photo by Nikos Frazier, nfrazier@post-dispatch.com

Jim McDermott pauses while spray painting shamrocks on Tamm Ave. before the annual Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Thursday, March 15, 2018, in the Dogtown neighborhood of St. Louis. McDermott and his brother Dan have been painting the street for the last 12 years.Photo by Nikos Frazier, nfrazier@post-dispatch.com

A man leans over to pick up his dropped money while holding onto his bagpipes after The Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Saturday, March 17, 2018, in the Dogtown neighborhood of St. Louis.

Two couples embrace on Tamm Ave. after The Ancient Order of Hibernians St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Saturday, March 17, 2018, in the Dogtown neighborhood of St. Louis.

Mary Gay holds a sign protesting Washington University’s close ties to coal industry influences the while marching to North Brookings Hall and the Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton’s office, Friday, March 30, 2018 in St. Louis. Photo by Nikos Frazier, nfrazier@post-dispatch.com

Isaiah Reynolds(8) (left) and his brother, Joshua(10) play with a pair of foam swords at Happy Up Inc., Thursday, March 29, 2018 in Edwardsville, Ill.. Photo by Nikos Frazier, nfrazier@post-dispatch.com

A man smokes a cigar while fishing in Jefferson Lake in Forest Park.

Blaise Mullen(4) of Shrewsbury poses for a photo before a silent march on Page Ave to protest gun violence in the community, Saturday, March 24, 2018, in St. Louis. Photo by Nikos Frazier, nfrazier@post-dispatch.com