Margaret Wolf Freivogel
EditorMargaret Wolf Freivogel is the editor of St. Louis Public Radio. She was the founding editor of the St. Louis Beacon, a nonprofit news organization, from 2008 to 2013. A St. Louis native, Margie previously worked for 34 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a reporter, Washington correspondent and assistant managing editor. She has received numerous awards for reporting as well as a lifetime achievement award from the St. Louis Press Club and the Missouri Medal of Honor from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She is a past board member of the Investigative News Network and a past president of Journalism and Women Symposium. Margie graduated from Kirkwood High School and Stanford University. She is married to William H. Freivogel. They have four grown children and seven grandchildren. Margie enjoys rowing and is a fan of chamber music.
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St. Louisans may have felt some civic pride this week in noting that Maya Angelou was born here. But you have to wonder whether her brilliance and… -
The Missouri legislative session’s finale played out this week with members in their usual swivet of last-minute activity and suspense. Watching the… -
Robert Joiner, St. Louis Public Radio’s health reporter, is not the kind of person who calls attention to himself. At staff meetings, he speaks sparingly.… -
Nixon impeachment hearings began this week.Not THAT Nixon. Not President Richard Milhous, who resigned 40 years ago this August rather than face House… -
The national news brought poignant remembrances of the Boston Marathon this week. Close to home, the news brought fresh, stark examples of the best and… -
State Rep. Rory Ellinger's colleagues paid tribute to him last week with quick passage and ceremonial signing of his bill to help breast-feeding mothers.… -
News is usually, well, new. But some of our most interesting stories recently have focused on things that are old – really old.This week, Alex Heuer… -
A welcome debate has unfolded recently over lack of diversity among digital news organizations — welcome because it raises important questions about… -
No matter how good schools are, you can’t learn if you’re not there. That simple truth — and its far-reaching implications — are the focus of Accounted… -
Interesting how the debate over mega-music festivals downtown has revealed the St. Louis region’s fault lines.City-suburb suspicions and class resentments… -
OK, we know you hate it when you turn on the radio expecting to hear Morning Edition or Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me and instead you hear us asking for money.… -
While St. Louisans celebrated our past this week, the news held hints of our future. Most significant was a proposal from state education officials to…
