Maria Altman
Newscast, Business and Education EditorMaria Altman was named the editor of the newscast, business and education teams in January, 2018. She came to St. Louis Public Radio in 2004 as the local newscaster for All Things Considered and a general assignment reporter. In 2013 she became a business reporter covering economic development, the burgeoning startup community, biotech and Fortune 500 companies. Her work has been aired on NPR’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as Marketplace and Here and Now. Prior to her time in St. Louis, Maria worked at KERA in Dallas as a newscaster and at WSIU in Carbondale, Ill. She received her graduate degree in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Illinois-Springfield and her bachelors degree in journalism and history at the University of Iowa. Maria lives in St. Louis with her husband (whom she met at St. Louis Public Radio) and their two children. She is a proud native of Iowa and can happily name every celebrity or historical figure with even the slightest connection to the Hawkeye state.
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Yet again in communities along the Mississippi River, residents and business owners are filling sandbags and holding their breath as the water creeps… -
It’s likely you’ve never heard of John Lewis Barkley.The Missouri native fought in World War I, winning the Congressional Medal of Honor and later writing… -
Updated at 5 p.m. with comments from St. Louis Development Corporation Executive Director Otis Williams.The city of St. Louis is working to show it… -
The vote over a contract to start looking into whether the city will privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport has been postponed.The contract to… -
Consumers in the St. Louis region reported losses of nearly $200,000 to the Better Business Bureau last year due to scams.The non-profit said its online… -
Updated 12-13-17 with new informationA commander at Scott Air Force Base is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct.Colonel John Howard was… -
For nearly 80 years The St. Louis Evening Whirl has been reporting on crime in a way other news outlets wouldn’t, or couldn’t, do.The weekly is sold in… -
Officials from St. Louis County held an open house Monday night to give north county residents a chance to offer suggestions on what should replace the… -
The same day TechShop announced it was filing for bankruptcy and closing all locations, a St. Louis native decided to step in to save the local… -
TechShop offered a cutting edge workshop for entrepreneurs making prototypes or those who just wanted to make stuff.Now the St. Louis location and nine…
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World Wide Technology, a privately-held company, has opened its new headquarters in Maryland Heights.And the seven-story building is filled with… -
A conversation has been sparked in Missouri about how electricity will be generated, stored and consumed in the future.The Missouri Public Service…
