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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Think, for a minute, about everything it takes to keep a city running. You need people of course — the mayor, the budget director, bus drivers, teachers,… -
Ah, fresh snowfall. It's magical, isn't it? The whole world is covered in white powder, drivers have to slow down (or stop driving entirely) and life… -
We've been covering ongoing federal investigations in Allentown and Reading, where prosecutors say officials traded favors for campaign… -
Having a car gives you a lot of freedom; you don't have to wait for a bus or train to arrive, you get to stay warm or cool during extreme temperatures,… -
This fall, Boston began offering free two-hour salary negotiation classes for women who work in the city. The $1.5 million program, which will continue… -
The Lancaster County Planning Commission just came out with a report about how the county has changed over the last decade, as Lancaster Online reports.… -
When police officers decide which blocks to patrol, they usually look at where crime has happened in the past, and they rely on their own hunches. But a… -
After years of planning, "The Waterfront," a $325 million, 1.2 million square-foot planned development on Allentown's Lehigh River, broke ground this… -
As the industries along urban waterfronts have faded, big cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have come up with robust master plans — and significant… -
When Pennsylvania police try to solve a crime using DNA evidence, they have to wait for results from a state database. That can take between nine and 18…
