William H. Freivogel
Publisher | Gateway Journalism ReviewWilliam H. Freivogel is a professor in the Southern Illinois University School of Journalism, a contributor to St. Louis Public Radio and publisher of the Gateway Journalism Review. Previously, he was director of the journalism school. Before SIU, Freivogel worked 34 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was assistant Washington bureau chief and deputy editorial editor.
Freivogel is a graduate of Kirkwood High School, Stanford University and Washington University Law School. In addition, he is a member of the Missouri Bar Association.
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School officials could extend the life of St. Louis’ interdistrict desegregation program indefinitely by switching from racial to economic transfer… -
The Roberts court has made a “surprising move leftward,” writes The New York Times. Conservative justices have stopped “playing nice” and taken off the… -
The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision recognizing a constitutional right of same-sex couples to marry traversed centuries of arguments about how the… -
The roots of the important housing discrimination victory won by civil rights groups in the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday reach back 45 years to the… -
First of two reports — A change may be underway in the prosecution of police brutality cases, with prosecutors moving more quickly to charge officers when… -
Does officer who shot Walter Scott have a defense? State law there — like in Missouri — is confusingThe police killing of Walter Scott in South Carolina looks like an open and shut case of murder. But South Carolina, like Missouri and many other states,… -
The Missouri Supreme Court’s decisive and unexpected Ferguson reforms Monday - on top of the Justice Department’s devastating critique of the town’s… -
The Justice Department has neither the authority nor the staffing to expand its investigation of unconstitutional police and court practices from Ferguson… -
The Ferguson police department and municipal court engaged in such a widespread pattern of unconstitutional conduct that it lost the trust of the people,… -
The federal civil rights case that the Justice Department is unveiling against the Ferguson Police Department offers the town great opportunities but also… -
The grand juror who wants to challenge publicly St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s portrayal of the Ferguson grand jury has a relatively… -
The Missouri Supreme Court issued a new rule two weeks ago that eases the financial burden on poor people facing big fines in municipal courts. The new…
