Margery Eagan
| Margery Eagan | |
|---|---|
 Margery Eagan in 2010 | |
| Born | 1954 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Radio host, Newspaper columnist |
| Known for | newspaper columnist for the Boston Herald |
Margery Eagan (born 1954) is a longtime columnist with the Boston Herald, a talk radio host, and a frequent guest on CNN, ABC, Fox News, and the Imus in the Morning radio show.[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 Fall River, Massachusetts, and has an older sister, Elizabeth. Eagan was raised 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 Smith College her freshman year, then transferred to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, majoring in American Studies.[1]
Early career
After graduation from Stanford, Eagan took a job at the Fall River Herald News at a compensation rate of $15 per story. She was soon also freelancing for the New Bedford Standard-Times and The Boston Globe. At 24, she was hired as a full-time feature writer at the Burlington Free Press in Vermont. She returned to Fall River a year later to become a columnist at the Standard-Times.[1]
Boston Herald
In 1981, Eagan was hired as a general assignment reporter at the Boston Herald, and was given a column in 1984. She served a "refining stint" as a senior writer at Boston Magazine, and returned to her column at the Herald, where she continues currently.[1] She has received two nominations for GLAAD Media Awards in the category of Outstanding Newspaper Columnist.[2][3]
Talk radio
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 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 CNN's NewsNight with Aaron Brown to discuss the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases,[4][5][6] and appeared a year later to comment on how the Iraq War was affecting newspaper circulation.[7] That same month, she appeared on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss aspects of the Elizabeth Smart case.[8] In 2007, Eagan appeared on CNN's Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz to discuss her columns regarding the physical appearance of Hillary Clinton and the fashion sense of the wives of Republican Presidential candidates.[9] Egan is also a frequent presence on local Boston area television, notably WGBH's 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 long time Boston Globe reporter and editor Peter Mancusi, having two daughters and one son. Their marriage ended in divorce.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 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.
- ↑ Gans, Andrew (2003-04-08). "14th Annual GLAAD Media Award Winners". Playbill. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "Nominees for the 17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards". GLAAD. 2006-01-23. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "CNN Newsnight". transcript (CNN). 2002-04-10. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ↑ "CNN Newsnight". transcript (CNN). 2002-04-12. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ↑ "CNN Newsnight". transcript (CNN). 2002-04-24. Retrieved 2007-10-29.
- ↑ "CNN Newsnight". transcript (CNN). 2003-03-25. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- ↑ "The O'Reilly Factor". Fox News. 2003-03-18. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ↑ "CNN Reliable Sources". transcript (CNN). 2007-06-10. Retrieved 2007-10-29.