William F. Woo (1936-2006) was editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1986 to 1996, when he was also a member of Eliot Chapel in Kirkwood, Missouri. He later taught journalism at Stanford University. A collection of his essays, Letters from the Editor: Lessons on Journalism and Life, was published posthumously (Univ. of Missouri Press, 2007).
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By William F. Woo
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The free press and free peopleWilliam F. WooJournalists are involved in something essential to the concept of free people and a functioning and sustainable democracy.