Margaret Downing is the editor-in-chief at Houston Press. She frequently writes on a diverse array of subjects, with a particular focus on arts and entertainment, education, and culture. Her work has been featured in Rock Valley Publishing, BubbleLife Media, and Houston Press.
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Margaret's focus lies on local news, education, and entertainment in the Houston area. She is likely to be interested in pitches related to local events, particularly those focused on theater performances, educational initiatives within HISD (Houston Independent School District), and developments impacting the local community.
Given her emphasis on government announcements and event coverage, Margaret may be receptive to pitches that provide unique angles or human interest stories related to these topics. For example, insights into the impact of new policies at HISD or behind-the-scenes looks at local theatrical productions could pique her interest.
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By: Margaret Downing
Confined to a bell tower in Paris, the hunchback Quasimodo lives his life on the sufferance of his uncle Frollo, performing his daily duties of ringing
Spamilton: An American Parody, tells the story of how Lin-Manuel Miranda decides to save Broadway theater by coming up with a new form of musical theater.
Today, the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is announcing its multi-million dollar plans to expand its blueprint by an additional 1 million square feet. The annual show's main events – the rodeo and Star Entertainers – will remain at Reliant Park, but several others will move to the yet-to-be-built massive complex nearby.
Although they didn't have to, the state-appointed members of Houston ISD's Board of Managers voted unanimously Thursday to adopt the state-developed Bluebonnet Learning curriculum despite the thousands of errors that have been discovered in it necessitating an $8 million do-over by the state.
The year is 1899 in Paris and the Moulin Rouge is a cabaret club where everything is splendidly over the top. Despite this, the club's finances are shaky and a somewhat desperate club owner, Harold Zidler, places his hopes on the Duke of Monroth to bankroll them out of their misery.
The Texas Education Agency has weighed in on the Houston ISD's plan to “consolidate” where special education students can go to school in the district and found that in two areas it is in violation of federal law.
After several years away, former Alley Theatre Resident Company member Emily Neves has returned to Houston to join the cast of the psychological thriller
In a scramble to get ready for the upcoming school year, Houston ISD representatives from various campuses have been calling up parents of special ed students in recent days asking them if their child's Individualized Education Program can be “amended” without an in-person meeting.
Get up at 5:30 a.m. Drive to the barn at the Telge Exhibit Center to feed the animals. Drive to school. Go to choir practice after school. Put in about four hours at your after-school job at a vet's practice. Go back to the barn to feed your animals again. Get home about 9 or 9:30 p.m. Eat dinner. Do homework, Get ready for the next day.
By: Margaret Downing
It was when she was at an in-person meeting filled with Houston ISD personnel last week about her 7-year-old with limited verbal skills and no one could tell her what her daughter's course of study would be that Dina Kushaliyeva reached her limit.
