Margaret Cullen
Margie is a second year narrative writing student at U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is from Needham, MA. Previously, she attended Georgetown University where she earned her B.A. in Government with minors in Journalism and Spanish and was a member of the cross country and track and field teams. As a journalist, she has written for The Hoya, The Hill, The Needham Times, CalMatters, and California magazine. Currently, she is the Editorial and Production Assistant at California magazine. Margie loves magazine writing, but she is also interested in hard news reporting. She speaks English, Spanish, and Japanese, and would love to live in and/or report on Japan.
EDUCATION
Georgetown University - BA
EMPLOYERS
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The Needham Times - Freelance reporter
MA State House - Press Intern for Senator Rebecca Rausch
The Hill - Reporting Intern
PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK
The Hill, 4/2/19, Pelosi hails Sorkin's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' as a call for 'decency'
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/436991-pelosi-hails-sorkins-to-kill-a-mockingbird-play-as-call-toThe Needham Times, 6/12/20, Ripples of nationwide protest help shine light on racism in Needham
https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/needham-times/2020/06/16/ripples-of-nationwide-protest-help-shine-light-on-racism-in-needham/42946941/CalMatters, 11/3/20, A Trump train goes through Shasta County, and election officials switch tracks
https://www.google.com/amp/s/calmatters.org/politics/california-election-2020/2020/11/election-day-2020-live/
REPORTING INTERESTS
Climate, International Relations, Investigative, Japan, Magazine, Politics, Running, Sports