Marielle Segarra
Keystone Crossroads ReporterMarielle Segarra was WHYY's Keystone Crossroads reporter. She reported for the multi-station partnership on urban policy, crumbling infrastructure and how distressed Pennsylvania cities are bouncing back. As a freelance radio reporter, her stories have also aired on Latino USA, WNYC, WBUR and other NPR member stations.
Before WHYY, Marielle was an editor at CFO, a corporate finance magazine in New York. She’s also a former intern for WBUR in Boston and WRNI in Providence.
Marielle studied nonfiction writing at Brown and graduated in 2010. She grew up in Levittown, New York, home of Billy Joel and the suburb. She prides herself on her ability to make conversation with anyone/anything (including goats).
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Even if you’re not a parent, understanding the basics of drowning -- what it looks like and how to prevent it -- is life-saving knowledge. See how much you know about the topic. -
When a construction fire damaged Pittsbugh's Liberty Bridge last month, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation closed it for 24 days to do… -
By 2050, 70 percent of the world's population will be living in cities, according to aUnited Nations estimate. Mayors could be more influential than… -
When Allentown's hockey arena opened in November 2014, business owner Josh Tucker was over the moon.It was opening night, an Eagles concert, and Tucker… -
Tommy Joshua was working in the garden when a guy from his neighborhood rode by on a bike and gave him some bad news."Some dude, some like arbitrary man,"… -
Two Trains Running, a play by August Wilson that is about to finish a run at Philadelphia's Arden Theater, takes place in the late 1960s, at a restaurant… -
Concentrated poverty is growing across the country, according to a report from the Brookings Institution.Since the recession, more people live in… -
It's 1957. Dr. Herbert Needleman is on his way to see a three-year-old patient at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.Needleman is a young doctor,… -
Cities are always in a state of flux. But in one neighborhood in North Philadelphia, the change is happening fast.On March 19, the city's Public Housing…
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In Pennsylvania, only 26 percent of children between the ages of one and two are tested for lead. For children under age seven, it's only 14…
