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Regional Judges: Marie K. Shanahan

Marie K. Shanahan
Deputy Online Editor The Hartford Courant

Marie K. Shanahan has 15 years experience as a professional journalist -- her first five as a beat reporter on The Hartford Courant's city desk. Her zeal for the collaborative possibilities of interactive communication led her to the digital side of storytelling, where she has spent the last 10 years as an online producer and editor.

Her current responsibilities revolve around developing and improving all facets of news content on the websites of The Courant, Connecticut's largest news organization.

Shanahan’s work has been recognized by the New England Associated Press News Executives Association, Newspaper Association of America, Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism and National Education Writers Association.

She attended the University of Connecticut, graduating with honors with degrees in journalism and history. She now teaches online journalism at her alma mater and serves on the journalism department's professional advisory board.

Her enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring young journalists motivated her to create and maintain an online journalism internship program at The Courant for college students. In addition, she served as a volunteer editor for many years with the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) student newspaper project.

She holds memberships in AAJA, Online News Association and New England New Media Association. She lives in Connecticut with her daughter, Julia.

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