About This Blog

Danita Allen Wood is editor-in-chief and co-owner of the magazine, along with her husband, Greg Wood. They bought and revived the magazine in 1999. Since then, it has won multiple awards from the International Regional Magazine Association, including Magazine of the Year in 2008. Danita will share her journeys around the state, some of the behind-the-scenes stories about making the magazine, and reflections on life in Missouri.

Danita has spent her entire career making magazines, first at Meredith Corporation, the publisher of Better Homes & Gardens, Ladies Home Journal, Midwest Living, Country Home, Wood, Successful Farming and other magazines. There, she was the founding editor of a million-circulation magazine, Country America, that was named one of Five Best Magazines of 1991 and made the Top 10 Hottest magazines list for thee years in a row while she was editor. Then she served as the Meredith Chair for Service Journalism at the world-famous University of Missouri School of Journalism for 10 years, where she taught editing, publishing, writing, or reporting classes.

She and Greg have three children, one who works for the magazine and two in college. Danita and Greg own a farm near Boonville and raise fox trotters. Besides horseback riding, she enjoys gardening and bicycling, and anything outdoors.

Recent Posts

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