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		<title>New Beginnings: The Legal Lady</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am excited to announce the next step in my career&#8230;I&#8217;m off to law school. This summer, I will finish up two years reporting at NY1 News and head back home to Los Angeles to attend UCLA Law School. I have had an incredible time working as a one-man-band reporter for NY1 News, having had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/new-beginnings-the-legal-lady/</link>
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		<title>The Media’s Obsession with Celebrity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I attended a Q &#038; A with prominent legal analysts Lisa Bloom and Jeffrey Toobin. Bloom was on hand to discuss her new book THINK: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed Down World. She discussed how to empower women and how we can reclaim our smarts in a celebrity-obsessed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/the-media%e2%80%99s-obsession-with-celebrity/</link>
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		<title>Enterprise Reporting: A How-To Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I tell people I’m a one-man-band reporter, they usually all respond the same way. Their first question is “how do you do it alone?” And then they usually ask “How do you find your stories?” So I’ve decided to share my tried and true tips for finding stories. Listen - Listen to those around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/enterprise-reporting-a-how-to-guide/</link>
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		<title>More than an outsider looking in</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In journalism school, it was engrained in me to always be impartial. You are there to report the story, show both sides, and not form judgments, opinions, feelings or at least not to let them influence your reporting. But in practice, in the real world, I’ve learned sometimes it’s difficult to meet people, walk into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/more-than-an-outsider-looking-in/</link>
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		<title>Reporting in The Big Apple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a while since I lasted posted. In fact, the last time I posted on my blog, I was a week shy of graduation from the Medill School of Journalism, where I got my Masters. Well, a lot has happened since! Soon after graduation, I got a call from NY1 News, the 24-hour Time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/reporting-in-the-big-apple/</link>
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		<title>Inside the beltway and out: a reporter’s reflection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Follow my blog with bloglovin Oh, the life of a political reporter in the nation’s capital. What an exhilarating ride it was! From following around Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan at the Capitol (http://bit.ly/d6c9bz) to shadowing members of the White House press corps in the James S. Brady Briefing Room (http://bit.ly/aTkqA7), I’ve had some incredible [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/inside-the-beltway-and-out-a-reporter%e2%80%99s-reflection/</link>
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		<title>Hey senior administration official, why so shy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Each afternoon, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs the press corps on the news of the day. The reporters ask questions and Gibbs answers as best he can, all while the cameras are rolling. But oftentimes, far away from the spotlight of the cameras, a member of the administration briefs the press under the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/hey-senior-administration-official-why-so-shy/</link>
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		<title>News never stops, not even for Andrea Mitchell</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the opportunity Thursday to watch the behind-the-scenes production of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” I shadowed producer Michelle Perry in the hours leading up to and during the show and realized how hectic and exhilarating the world of 24-hour cable news can be. From the time I arrived two hours before the show aired, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/news-never-stops-not-even-for-andrea-mitchell/</link>
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		<title>Is the Obama Administration cutting out the press corp?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently the Obama administration has stepped up its use of social media to send messages directly to the American people, bypassing the press corps. Reporters can’t help but feel left out. If administration officials can use Twitter, YouTube and other means to get their word out, then what is the role of the White House [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/is-the-obama-administration-cutting-out-the-press-corp/</link>
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		<title>How good data analysis reporting can make a difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chicago Tribune investigation, “Judges don’t slow 100 mph speeders,” is a great example of how good journalism can make a difference. (http://bit.ly/aUpLqF) Through their effective data analysis, the Secretary of State Jesse White pledged to ban supervision for extreme speeders. The goal of any reporter is to write stories that lead to positive change, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://marifagel.com/blog/how-good-data-analysis-reporting-can-make-a-difference/</link>
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