Below is the biography of Mary Plummer, who will be our guest speaker on Friday.
Mary Plummer Education Reporter
Contact Mary Plummer
Mary Plummer is a reporter on SCPR's education team, covering arts education. Before joining the beat she was an associate producer for Take Two and The Madeleine Brand Show.
Plummer began her career in broadcast at ABC News in London, where she worked on TV stories for the networks news lineup and regularly covered Europe for ABCNews.com.
Plummer has a master's degree from Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism, where she won the Richard T. Baker Award for multimedia reporting. She earned her bachelors degree from Chapman University and was the editor in chief of her campus newspaper. Her work has been published by the Washington Post, The New York Times, PBS/THIRTEEN and the Yomiuri Shimbun. Plummer grew up in Anchorage, Alaska.
What might you be interested in asking her if there is time for questions? About her background? Her typical day?
Or, more broadly, anything about how news is chosen? How a story is developed? Difference between news on TV and news on the radio? What ethics/issues get involved in her storytelling decisions? Differences between overseas news and domestic news?
Please think of at least one question! :)
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