
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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The Chinese investor Fosun Group announced the investment in the financial tech company BondIT on Friday.BondIT, based in Israel, has created a digital…
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AT&T is reaching out to St. Louis’ tech startup community with a new Open Source Lab.The company is providing about $70,000 worth of servers, technology…
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Updated on Thursday, Oct. 19, at 1:15 p.m. with St. Louis's regional bid - St. Louis area leaders are taking a regional approach to attracting Amazon's…
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“No justice, no profits.”That’s one of several chants protesters have used in nearly daily events since Sept. 15, the day a St. Louis Circuit judge…
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The protests in St. Louis over the last three weeks have topped the news almost daily.Even for those who stay up on what’s happening, there may be…
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The St. Louis-based, non-profit group, GlobalHack has announced the focus for its seventh hackathon a full year ahead of the event.GlobalHack VII…
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A St. Louis accelerator is partnering with the South Korean government to bring cyber security startups.SixThirty CYBER is bringing five South Korean…
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Two things strike you when you meet Col. John Howard.He’s very tall: 6’4.” Yet despite his height and the uniform, he comes across as very…
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Updated at 9:25 p.m. with details from protest — Activists put forth an updated list of demands Thursday, including that new St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson…
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A few more details are emerging related to the city's consideration of whether to privatize St. Louis Lambert International Airport.The Missouri House…
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Marjorie Theodore and her son were among protesters at the St. Louis Galleria on Saturday.She said the protest was just wrapping up and they were…
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As the St. Louis region manages the ongoing unrest sparked by a judge’s decision to acquit a white former police officer in the death of a black man,…