About the Forum

The Missouri FORUM is a nonprofit organization of community activists with a wide range of issue areas and journalists working to communicate ideas to the public and stimulate policy debate by tapping into the power of the media.

Over the years, editors have come to recognize the Missouri FORUM for well-written, well-researched, and thought-provoking commentary on topics including family planning and reproductive service , privitization of government services , social security benefits , repeal of the estate tax .

On average, media packets reach 725,000 households through print and 1.325 million listeners and viewers through the broadcast media. Commentary from the Missouri FORUM regularly appear in Kansas City Star (circ. 416,000) , St. Louis Post-Dispatch (circ. 339,000) , Springfield News-Leader (circ. 98,890) , Joplin Globe (circ. 45,045) , Platte Sun-Gazette (circ. 15,200) , Independence Examiner (circ. 11,064) , Columbia Missourian (circ. 6,300) , Daily Star Journal (circ. 5,150) , Carthage Press (circ. 4,500) , Buchanan County News (circ. 1,693) . Forum materials also receive significant local use/coverage by broadcast media throughout the state.