Margaret Cavalier supports every aspect of production for Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, from managing schedules and providing creative feedback to organizing delivery of final assets.

At Fred Rogers Productions, Margaret has also served as producer on the Emmy^® Award-winning puppet series Donkey Hodie. Additionally, she produced Many Ways to Show You Care, a multi-platform content initiative that includes a series of joy-filled short documentaries about children showing how they care for their families.

Before joining the organization, Margaret served as a coordinating producer at Ideastream Public Media in Cleveland. She led the production of NewsDepth, an interactive children’s news show airing on multiple Ohio PBS stations and available on PBS LearningMedia. Under her leadership, the series won several awards, including Parents’ Choice Gold Awards^® and regional Emmy^® Awards. 

Margaret also spent several years as a print journalist writing about education and local news in Northeast Ohio. She holds a master’s degree in public media from Ohio University, where her studies focused on narrative nonfiction and documentary storytelling. She also earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Kent State University.