Meet the Team
The team captures the stories of the people, places, and organizations that make our region consequential and complex, receiving numerous Mid-America Emmy Awards along the way.
Brooke Butler, Senior Managing Producer
Although she is not a St. Louis native, Brooke has considered it home since 2010 and she has been telling stories about our region since 2017. As a kid with a short attention span, she was fortunate to have teachers who encouraged her to submit video essays in place of written assignments. (She recalls her 7th-grade reenactment of the Boston Tea Party was an especially big hit.) The power of great teachers is what fuels her passion for storytelling. As a producer, she learns something new from each story. She is fascinated by the history of our city and motivated by the people who make it a great place to live.
Favorite LSL Story
The Fulton Flash, the life of 1936 Olympic track star Helen Stephens, was a meaningful story to tell. A classic underdog story, the struggles she faced as a woman athlete have parallels to modern day events.
Favorite Place in St. Louis
Tower Grove Park has been her happy place since the start of the pandemic when she and her daughter would take walks every morning. “Their farmers’ market is the best!”
Favorite LSL Memory
Her most memorable story to film was the Red and Black Brass Band. “The joy their music creates is contagious; plus, my daughter got to be the boom mic operator.”
Anne-Marie Berger, Senior Producer, Special Projects
Storytelling has always been a part of Anne-Marie’s life. Growing up in St. Louis, her grandma and aunt would tell tales of the Great Depression, the war, long gone family, and the dime store. She would retell those stories in her head as she’d go through the old photos in their South St. Louis attic. She also tends to ask a lot of questions. So, after graduating from Loyola University in New Orleans, pursuing a career as a storyteller was a natural fit. She began her career with Nine PBS in 2000, and in addition to being a part of Living St. Louis since its inception, she’s covered issues such as the heroin epidemic, racism, poverty, and healthcare.
Favorite LSL Story
She was given the opportunity to tell the history of McDonnell Douglas and the F/A-18 Hornet by landing on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS John C. Stennis, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. “It was the most exhilarating and exhausting 36 hours of my life!”
Favorite Place in St. Louis
“It may sound cliché, but I can’t get enough of Forest Park. I feel like I’ve grown up with it. I have fond memories of being with my favorite people throughout my life in that park.”
Favorite LSL Memory
The one she always laughs about is interviewing Don Robinson. “ Before he died and donated all his land in Cedar Hill to the Missouri State Parks, I spent some time with him, and boy was he a character!”
Veronica Mohesky, Producer
Veronica Mohesky began her broadcast journalism “career” at Oakville High School under her teacher Jeff Kuchno, who is still a wonderful mentor to her today. She loved her high school broadcast class so much that she decided to pursue a journalism degree at Mizzou. She graduated with a B.J. in Convergence Emerging in December 2020. When she began at Nine PBS in 2021, she started producing videos for social media, so you might recognize her from Nine PBS’ TikTok or Instagram. As a producer for Living St. Louis, she has produced all kinds of stories, from Goat Towers to identifying AI online, but she often leans into St. Louis’ history. She has been a producer since 2023.
Favorite LSL Story
Her current favorite story is St. Louis’ lost Chinatown. The segment took months to complete and hopefully helped spread the word about a lesser-known part of St. Louis’ history.
Favorite Place in St. Louis
Veronica’s favorite place is Al Foster State Park in Wildwood, Mo. She really loves any great hiking and running trail in the St. Louis area, but Al Foster has it all: a route along the Meramec River, lots of wildlife, and plenty of shade during the summer.
Favorite LSL Memory
Her favorite LSL memory is filming at the Johnson’s Goat Tower Farm in Windsor Illinois. The farm was absolutely beautiful and the weather was perfect. The goats were so sweet and calm… except for the one who tried to eat Aaron Landgraf’s audio equipment.
Leah Gullet, Community Producer
Leah Gullet is a Producer who focuses on community content, Nine PBS initiatives, and public affairs. She is a St. Louis native and has worked as a visual storyteller and journalist in this region for almost a decade. Her start in media production and storytelling began in her youth, when she wrote stories to share with her family and friends, her church’s media department, and her high school’s broadcast & news club. She currently serves on the board for the National Association of Black Journalists’ St. Louis chapter and is a big African-American U.S. history buff.
Favorite LSL Story
Recovering the Damaged Military Records with the National Archives. Leah got to do a walk-through of the National Archives’ preservation lab in North County to see how they are still recovering from one of the greatest losses of modern U.S. history. Millions of U.S. military records were destroyed in a massive fire in 1973 at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis.
Favorite Place in St. Louis
Leah says this is a tie between Forest Park and Tilles Park in Ladue.
Favorite LSL Memory
“My favorite LSL memory is being able to interview and give people a voice from my hometown of Ferguson for our Ferguson special.”