A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Freeman started his newspaper career in Springfield, Missouri in 1944 and was a reporter, assistant city editor, Sunday editor, executive city editor, and editor-in-chief, and Executive editor of the Springfield (Mo.) Newspapers. After retiring, Freeman served as Editor-in-residence and lecturer in journalism at Missouri State University for more than a decade. During his long career, he served as a chairman of the American Society of Newspaper Editors Education for Journalism Committee and a member of the Associated Press Managing Editors Association journalism education, ethics committees. He was a former board member, Mid-America Press Institute and the Missourian Publishing Company. He is a former chairman of the Missouri-Kansas Editors-Publishers Association and the Missouri AP Wire Editors. He is currently a board member of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Association. Freeman was a longtime columnist as "The Ozarker" in the Springfield Newspapers. He is a contributing editor to OzarkWatch magazine and is the author of four books.
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