Expertise
Culture, politics, healthcare, and technologyEducation
University of Illinois, SpringfieldHighlights
Deep experience across multiple subjects.
Member of the Society of Professional Journalists
Winner of multiple writing awards
Healthcare shapes every aspect of human endeavor. It is the place where personal need, public welfare, economic vigor, science, and technology all converge.
— Margaret A. McGurk
Experience
In more than 35 years in journalism, she has worked as a reporter and editor in a variety of fields, from daily breaking news to investigative projects. She created a companion volume for the six-part Emmy-winning documentary "A Lion in the House" about five families navigating childhood cancer treatment over the course of 6 years.
Education
Margaret A. McGurk majored in English at Blackburn College. At the University of Illinois at Springfield, she majored in political science, then entered the Public Affairs Reporting graduate program, she was a short-term Knight Foundation Fellow on emerging media. She took part in an East-West Center Journalism Exchange on understanding the Muslim world outside the Middle East that included visiting Bangladesh and Indonesia.
