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MARISSA A. EVANS
!!! ! ! ! Aug. 2013-Present "! ! Washington, D.C.

Web Reporting Fellow ! Health News !!!! Kaiser ! Writing stories on new health care law including ! of Medicaid/CHIP enrollment numbers, underreporting !! robotic !surgery mishaps, use ! of retail clinics ! and dental !! insurance coverage. ! Aggregate stories for Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report. !!!!!! ! ! ! ! Business/Metro Reporting Intern May-Aug. 2013 ! The Seattle Times Seattle Wrote breaking news stories and dailies on home !sales, ! closing of major theater, company profiles for Northwest ! 100, a story on medical interpreters, pool drain safety in the city and worked night shift for two weeks and live ! tweeted a Macklemore video ! shoot for seven hours. ! Metro Rep orting Intern June-Aug. 2012 ! The Washington Post Washington, D.C. ! Wrote front page metro section stories including death ! of two climbers in Peru, a murder trial, crime briefs, low ! income farmers markets, racial drowning disparities ! and Capital Pride. ! Ray K enney Business Desk Intern Jan.-May 2012 ! The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee ! Wrote several front page business section stories on ! digital marketing industry, social media jobs and ! Wisconsin women entrepreneurs. ! ! Multimedia Reporter Intern Aug.-Dec. 2011 Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service Milwaukee ! ! ! Covered Latino community of Clarke Square writing ! stories and developing enterprise multimedia work. ! Covered Occupy Milwaukee with video and photography. ! ! Business Rep orting Intern June-Aug. 2011 The Star Tribune Minneapolis ! ! Wrote several front page business section stories ! its including profile on growth of Caribou Coffee and ! CEO, local efforts to support New York Target workers ! voting to unionize and earnings reports. ! Metro Rep orting Intern May-Aug. 2010 ! U-T San Diego San Diego ! Wrote news pieces about million-dollar construction ! bond programs for local colleges, community events, ! local environmental initiatives and more. Also published in: ONA Student Newsroom 2012, NABJ Student Projects 2012, New York Times Student Journalism Institute, BusinessJournalism.org, JET Magazine, Poynter.org.

EDUCATION Marquette University, 2013 B.A. Journalism, minors in Entrepreneurship and Political Science ! SKILLS Adobe InDesign, Adobe InCopy, Adobe Audition, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, using AP style, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, social media strategy, reading an earnings report. ! PROFESSIONAL AFFIL IATIONS National Association of Black Journalists National Association of Hispanic Journalists Investigative Reporters and Editors ! ACHIEVEMENTS NABJ Student Journalist of the Year (2013), Chips Quinn Scholar (2012), Patch 30 Under 30 San Diego County Leaders (2011) ! REFERENCES
Mr. Vernon Loeb Metro editor The Washington Post loebv@washpost.com (202) 334-9467 Mr. Herbert Lowe Professional in Residence Marquette University herbert.lowe@marquette.edu (414) 288-4068

!Mr. Gary D. Miller

Deputy business editor The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel !!!gmiller@jrn.com (414) 224-2168

Ms. Sharon McGowan Editor Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service smcgowan@milwaukeenns.org Mr. Duchesne !Drew Managing editor for Operations The Star Tribune ! ddrew@startribune.com (612) 673-7111

! Mr. Don Hecker

Executive director NYT Student Journalism Institute hecker@nytimes.com (212) 556-1576