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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Bad news hit St. Louisans this week like a hailstorm. But beyond that blast of mayhem, St. Louis Public Radio reported on some glimmers of progress in the…
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St. Louis area voters sent contradictory messages Tuesday. And that’s a message in itself.In Ferguson, three new city council members were elected,…
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Watching yet another panel discuss press coverage of Ferguson this week, I couldn’t help but squirm. We journalists hold others accountable for their…
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A New York Times editorial from last week, "The Problem Is Bigger Than Ferguson," still bothers me.Since August, the flaws of Ferguson — and the St. Louis…
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A lot that hasn’t been happening since August happened in Ferguson this week – first three concrete steps toward change, then one step toward the abyss.On…
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Facts matter. Two Justice Department reports about Ferguson brought that home this week.One investigation shone an unrelenting spotlight on the Ferguson…
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Like flares on a highway, some of the headlines that flashed by in recent days signal danger.First came good news from Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon. St. Louis…
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St. Louis Public Radio switched to a new website design this week, and the reaction was generally positive. The most common complaint was confusion about…
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St. Louis Public Radio's website transitioned on Wednesday to a new design that is intended to make our content easy to access no matter what size screen…
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News organizations should focus outward on what’s happening in our communities and how we can serve them better. But our ability to focus outward is…
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The subpoena served on St. Louis Public Radio Thursday is both baffling and disturbing.It arrived the day after the Board of Aldermen's Public Safety…
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It was still dark when the Rotary Club of Overland gathered Wednesday morning at Russo’s restaurant on Page. At a time when north St. Louis County is in…