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Arizona Republic reporter Yeager departs

November 4, 2021

Posted by Mariam Ahmed

Melissa Yeager

Melissa Yeager, consumer travel reporter at The Arizona Republic will be leaving to join the Lonely Planet as a senior editor, helping shape the publication’s online travel news coverage.

She previously worked at the Sunlight Foundation in Washington D.C. as a senior staff writer. She was also an investigative reporter at KSHB-TV in Kansas City and held the same post for WINK-TV, the CBS-affiliate in Fort Myers, FL.

She has also worked at outlets in Springfield, Missouri; Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Topeka, Kansas.

Yeager has a B.S.J. from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree from American University.

 

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