Mary Kimbrough

Mary Kimbrough, 1992 St. Louis Media Person of the Year and the first woman to receive the honor, began her career at the Tulsa Tribune after doing graduate work at the University of Oklahoma. In the early 1940s, she went to work for the St. Louis Star times and Eventually became its women’s page editor. … Continued

Mary Beth Price

Mary Beth (Sandlin) Price, BJ ’71, used her passion for strategic and innovative media solutions to build her own media marketing legacy. With only one client in 1985, Ms. Price founded Media That Works – now Empower MediaMarketing – in Cincinnati and turned it into one of the country’s premier independent media management companies with … Continued

Martin Umansky

Martin Umansky, president and general manager of KAKE-TV and Radio, Inc., in Wichita, graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1940. His work has included news, production, sales and management in broadcasting and publishing enterprises. Umansky is the past president of the Kansas Professional chapter of Sigma Delta Chi and past chairman … Continued

Mario Garcia

Mario R. Garcia, CEO and founder of Garcia Media, helps media houses worldwide to rethink their products to survive and thrive in a multiplatform world. With more than 40 years of design and teaching experience, Garcia has been a consultant to more than 560 newspapers, magazines, websites and tablets worldwide. These include The Wall Street … Continued

Mark Russell

Mark Russell, BJ ’84, is the editor of the Orlando Sentinel. He joined the central Florida newsroom in 2004 and served as managing editor and print news editor before taking the top newsroom job in October 2010. Previously Russell was at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, the largest newspaper in Ohio. He joined The Plain … Continued

Margaret Wolf Freivogel

Margaret Wolf Freivogel is the founding editor of the St. Louis Beacon, a non-profit regional news organization that is known for combining journalistic excellence with innovation in community engagement and business strategy. The Beacon provides news that matters for St. Louis-area residents, with emphasis on politics, the economy, health, education, race and the arts. Beacon … Continued

Malvina Lindsay

Malvina Lindsay was a graduate of the School of Journalism in 1913. She has worked on the Kansas City Post and Journal-Post since 1913. She has been a reporter, staff features correspondent, connected with the Universal Service, and a contributor to magazines such as The American Mercury, The Nation, and The Survey-Graphic.

Marcia Ann Gillespie

Marcia Ann Gillespie has been the editor in chief of Ms. Since 1993. Gillespie, whose priority at Ms. Is to “move the discussion of feminism forward,” is known as a trailblazer in the magazine industry. As editor in chief of Essence from 1971-1980, she transformed a fledgling publication into one of the fastest-growing women’s magazines … Continued