Mayors along the Mississippi River have watched for years as intensifying rain storms and flooding wreak havoc on their communities. A new pilot program will test a novel type of insurance pool—called parametric insurance—that is designed to rapidly fund emergency response after natural disasters such as flooding.
Eric Schmid St. Louis Public Radio
Eric Schmid covers Economic Development for St. Louis Public Radio. He's primarily focused on examining policies and ideas to drive population and business growth throughout the St. Louis region.
He previously covered the Metro East writing about many topics in the Illinois counties adjacent to St. Louis, but regularly returns to stories about the environment, public policy, and the census and demographics.
Eric came to the station through Report for America in 2019 and was tasked to develop STLPR’s coverage east of the Mississippi. Before joining St. Louis Public Radio, Eric held internships at Fox News Channel, NPR-affiliate WSHU Public Radio and AccuWeather. He graduated from Stony Brook University in New York with a degree in Journalism in 2018.