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Holly Edgell

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Covers:  Investigative and in-depth: Climate, criminal justice, education, housing immigration and public health
Journalist. Managing Editor @NPRMidwestNews @KCUR Writer. Daughter of Zee & Al. Sister of Randy. Cool aunt. Third culture kid. #STL #Belize.

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Holly Edgell’s Biography

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I am a veteran journalist with more than 12 years experience as a newsroom leader and more than 20 years in the industry overall. My track record includes work across platforms: digital, television, radio and print. I have also taught journalism at the college level, both as a full-time faculty member and an adjunct.

My current job is part of NPR's system of state and regional hubs. I worked in St. Louis while leading a team producing investigative journalism that centers the voices and stories…

Holly Edgell’s Journalist Portfolio

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Unhoused/Unschooled

Unhoused/Unschooled

A series from The Midwest Newsroom and its partners that examines the federal law designed to support unhouse…

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Here's what Midwest voters say about abortion, climate change, and other key issues

Here's what Midwest voters say about abortion, climate change, and other key issues

A new survey from The Midwest Newsroom and Emerson College Polling Center asked registered voters in Iowa, Ka…

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Teachers still spend their own money on school supplies, despite efforts to help stock classrooms

Teachers still spend their own money on school supplies, despite efforts to help stock classrooms

Many educators say their districts aren't supplying everything their students need. Non-profit groups, commun…

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Manufactured homes are more affordable and safe than ever. Can they help solve the housing crisis...

Manufactured homes are more affordable and safe than ever. Can they help solve the housing crisis...

The federal government says new safety standards and building materials mean home buyers priced out of site-b…

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'It's a crisis': Midwest lawmakers back Momnibus Act to curb Black maternal mortality

'It's a crisis': Midwest lawmakers back Momnibus Act to curb Black maternal mortality

Representatives from Illinois, Kansas and Missouri are part of the caucus behind a package of bills that woul…

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Review clears Lincoln University president of 'claims of bullying' after administrator's suicide

Review clears Lincoln University president of 'claims of bullying' after administrator's suicide

The university's national alumni group issued a "no confidence" rebuke to the Board of Curators, for acceptin…

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Missourians are living with a double whammy of student loans and credit card debt

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By Holly Edgell Verified
| KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO) Verified
This article is part of the series, "Costly: Stories about affordability from The Midwest Newsroom." Grace Englehart and her husband, Joshua Clark, thought they would be living in a house by now. They are buying Englehart's childhood home in Blue Springs from her mother at well below market value. Even so, it took several months longer than expected to meet the financial requirements of their lender.
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Recognition or reparations: What does Clayton owe a historic Black church?

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By Holly Edgell Verified
| KWMU-FM (St. Louis, MO) Verified
On a Sunday in mid-March, Carmen Hill stood before fellow worshippers at a small brick church in north St. Louis to deliver announcements, as she does every week, and told the congregation about an unusual ceremony coming in late April. The city of Clayton, six miles to the southwest, was preparing to dedicate a historical marker at the site of the church's original sanctuary, at 216 South Brentwood Boulevard. This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund.
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A church forced out of Clayton talks about reparations. Some in Clayton agree.

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| St. Louis Post-Dispatch Verified
Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Save ST. LOUIS — On a Sunday in mid-March, Carmen Hill stood before fellow worshippers at a small brick church in north St. Louis to deliver announcements, as she does every week, and told the congregation about an unusual ceremony coming in late April.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

College newspaper. We actually got paid! Michigan State University.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! Learned the ropes in a required college course.

How is social media changing news?

We have unprecedented ways of connecting with the audience, for engagement, story ideas, finding sources. You name it.