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NPR hires Olson as live blog editor and news writer

Emily Olson

Emily Olson has joined NPR as a live blog editor and news writer. Olson was at nonprofit conservation organization American Forests, where she was a marketing associate and recently a senior manager – publicity and thought leadership.

She freelanced for Embarcadero Media and worked at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Washington, D.C. as an intern, interim supervising producer and digital journalist.

Olson has a B.A. in English language and literature from the University of the Pacific and a M.S. in journalism from the University of Oregon.

You can congratulate Olson via Twitter.

Mariam Ahmed

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