Tegna
5 On Your Side
St. Louis, Missouri, United States • Founded in 1947 • Trust Project news partner since
KSDK 5 On Your Side is the local NBC television affiliate for the greater St. Louis, Missouri, area, covering news of local, national and international importance.
It focuses on politics, weather, sports, crime, investigative, education and human interest stories that the public needs to be informed citizens. Owned by Tegna since 2015, it was originally founded as KSD-TV in 1947 by by the Pulitzer Publishing Company, publishers of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and owners of KSD radio (550 AM, now KTRS), and was the first television station in Missouri.
KSDK inherits best practices policies from its parent news organization Tegna.
Tegna says it serves communities by providing news, seeking solutions, exposing problems, providing editorial and community leadership, promoting understanding of complex issues and advocating for communities that are a part of their platform.
Tegna's policy states it is dedicated to the principles of truth, independence, public interest, fair play and integrity. These principles apply to everything it does, from gathering information to reporting and producing content. To apply these principles its journalists are told to stop, think and get input from a variety of perspectives.
Tegna Media is one of the largest, most geographically diverse broadcasters in the U.S. Across platforms, Tegna aims to deliver relevant and trusted content by telling empowering stories, conducting impactful investigations and providing innovative solutions for advertisers through Tegna Marketing Solutions.
Tegna's policy is to seek input from a variety of voices from the community to impact editorial decisions. Through this approach, it seeks to understand the whole story of the individuals and the stories that make up the community.
Tegna's policy is to make corrections promptly and proportionate to the original reporting.
Platforms under Tegna use unnamed sources only as a last resort when it best serves the public’s right to know, and only with prior news management approval, according to its policy.
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