Margery Eagan

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Margery Eagan
Margery Eagan in 2010
Born (1954-06-13) June 13, 1954 (age 69)
Fall River, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University
Occupation(s)Radio host, Newspaper columnist
Known fornewspaper columnist for the Boston Herald

Margery Eagan (born June 13, 1954) is a talk radio host and a frequent guest on CNN, ABC, Fox News, and the Imus in the Morning radio show. For many years she was a columnist for the Boston Herald.[1] Subjects of her commentaries include gender/women's issues, Catholicism, and politics.

Early life and education

Eagan, a third-generation Irish-American, was born to Daniel Eagan and Margaret Manning of

Roman Catholic but attended public school. She began writing stories as a child and was encouraged by her English teacher at Durfee High School in Fall River.[1]

Eagan attended

American Studies.[1]

Early career

After graduation from Stanford, Eagan took a job at the

Burlington Free Press in Vermont. She returned to New Bedford a year later to become a columnist at the Standard-Times.[1]

Boston media career

In 1981, Eagan was hired as a general assignment reporter at the

GLAAD Media Awards in the category of Outstanding Newspaper Columnist.[2][3]
From 2014 to 2016, Eagan wrote a column at the
Boston Globe's website about the Catholic Church, Crux, on spirituality and devotion to God.[4] After the Globe shuttered the site, Crux began operating independently under editor John Allen with financial support from the Knights of Columbus, but parted ways with Eagan.[5]

Talk radio

Jim Braude and Margery Eagan at a live radio broadcast in Brookline, Massachusetts, May 7, 2010

Eagan also co-hosted the Jim & Margery Show with Jim Braude on Boston's FM 96.9 WTKK. The show ended when that station flipped to an urban contemporary format on January 2, 2013. The team is now broadcasting on weekdays as Boston Public Radio on WGBH Radio, a Boston NPR station.

Television

Eagan's columns and radio commentary occasionally draw the attention of national media. In 2002, she made a series of appearances on

Republican Presidential candidates.[11]
Eagan is also a frequent presence on local Boston area television, notably
Greater Boston
, on which she often appears as a panelist on that program's Friday evening "Beat the Press" edition, summarizing and critiquing media coverage of the prior week's news events

Personal life

Eagan was married to longtime

Boston Globe reporter and editor Peter Mancusi, having two daughters and one son. They are currently divorced.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f O'Brien, Greg (2007-07-08). "Margery Eagan, of the Boston Herald and Talk Radio: Experience, Energy, Passion, Wit Mark Her Journalism" (PDF). Boston Irish Reporter. p. 4. Retrieved 2007-10-29. [dead link]
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew (2003-04-08). "14th Annual GLAAD Media Award Winners". Playbill. Archived from the original on 2007-11-03. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  3. ^ "Nominees for the 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. 2006-01-23. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  4. Boston Globe
    . Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Globe's Catholic site Crux rescued by Knights of Columbus". Boston Business Journal. 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  6. ^ "CNN Newsnight". transcript. CNN. 2002-04-10. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  7. ^ "CNN Newsnight". transcript. CNN. 2002-04-12. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  8. ^ "CNN Newsnight". transcript. CNN. 2002-04-24. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
  9. ^ "CNN Newsnight". transcript. CNN. 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
  10. ^ "The O'Reilly Factor". Fox News. 2003-03-18. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
  11. ^ "CNN Reliable Sources". transcript. CNN. 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-10-29.

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