Marisa Schultz Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Directly manage a team of reporters and editors covering the White House, Congress, campaigns, policy, education, Supreme Court, immigration, and investigations (I-team).• Determine most important stories driving the news and assign them to reporters and editors• Skilled at line editing stories, developing SEO headlines, and punchier homepage headlines• Actively involved in newsroom planning and assignments for biggest events, such as midterms, State of the Union, and exclusive series• Leverage deep connections throughout Washington for the betterment of the newsroom, through arranging interviews, giving guidance on sourcing, and setting up broader networking sessions• Work closely with different departments and teams to ensure newsroom cohesiveness• Experience with a wide range of managerial duties: newsroom planning, scheduling, conflict resolution, performance reviews, training, commissioning polling, meetings, and hiring• Develop newsroom training opportunities

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Lead congressional reporter for foxnews.com covering biggest stories on Capitol Hill, including impeachment trial, State of the Union, Amy Coney Barrett confirmation, coronavirus relief and 2020 elections.• Deeply-sourced on Capitol Hill with a range of GOP and Democratic lawmakers. • Broke news on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez not paying $250,000 in DCCC dues and subsequent backlash from Democrats.• Got House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s immediate explanation on why she ripped up President Trump’s SOTU speech. "I tore it up," Pelosi said as she left the chamber. "I was trying to find one page with truth on it. I couldn't."• Love picking up tidbits from hallway interviews and translating those sentiments into larger issue stories that capture the pulse of Congress.• Skilled at understanding Federal Election Commission filings and campaign finance. Broke early story on record number of Republicans filing to run for office based on fresh FEC reports. Also completed a deep dive on all the celebrities who donated to the 2020 presidential race.• Cover the White House, campaigns and 2020 election for one of the most-read news websites in the world.• Launched digital series called “Meet the New Congress” to profile dozens of members of the 2021 freshman House class.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Leader of congressional and White House coverage for one of the largest newspapers in the nation and its fast-growing digital network • Secured exclusive Oval Office interview with President Trump and broke news on the president considering a pardon for former campaign chairman Paul Manafort. Special Counsel Robert Mueller cited the interview in his final report. • Dug up scoops on numerous political stories, including contents of former FBI Director James Comey’s private email.• Developed longer enterprise articles on members of congress sleeping in their offices, growing number of death threats to politicians and immigrants serving in the Army facing deportation• Responsible for covering breaking stories in high-pressure situations on the Trump Administration, Capitol Hill and 2020 campaign that have become most-read news stories on nypost.com• Led coverage for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign and 2018 congressional elections. I delivered strong deadline reporting of the DNC/RNC conventions, presidential debates and election night results. • Speedy, accurate and prolific writer with more than 2,000 byline stories

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Connect Washington-DC based reporters with resources and experts. RRA set up interviews with OMB Director Mick Mulvaney, EPA chief Scott Pruitt, Labor Secretary Acosta and others. These interview opportunities led to news stories that helped our readers better understand the federal government and pending policies.

Washington Dc

• Lead political reporter for 2012 presidential campaign with on-location reporting of early-state primaries, Republican National Convention and presidential debates • Broke news on Michigan’s presidential primary date, redistricting maps and first tea party convention. Examined Mitt Romney’s connections in Michigan and rise of the libertarian movement. Skilled at analyzing data on voting patterns, polling and campaign finance reports• Headed coverage for U.S. House/Senate campaigns, including scoops on the fall of Rep. Thad McCotter, subsequent criminal probe and bizarre election for his replacement. • Washington correspondent covering the state congressional delegation, Obama Administration and Supreme Court for impact on Michigan readers. Balanced longer profile and policy pieces with daily beat reporting on issues ranging from healthcare to the Farm Bill.

Detroit

Detroit

• Chronicled Detroit Public Schools during emergency financial takeover and subsequent mass school closings, academic overhaul, teacher union upheaval and court fight with school board.• Beat higher education reporter, covering financial struggles of universities, legislative affairs and campus trends; wrote extensively about affirmative action, financial aid and wheelchair seating violations at University of Michigan’s football stadium.

Macomb County And Wayne County, Michigan

• Undertook exhaustive investigative project on educators in Michigan schools who sexually abuse. The "Betrayal of Trust" series prompted Michigan lawmakers to sign into law the "Student Safety Initiative" in 2005 to require criminal background checks on all school employees. My follow-up reporting on the law's implementation found that nearly 500 felons were working in Michigan schools.• Authored a multi-part project on obstacles people with disabilities face in housing, employment and transportation. The "Disabled and Denied" series appeared over three days and won several awards. My most challenging undertaking was physically surveying (with tape measure and checklist in hand) 100 businesses in Metro Detroit to determine whether they met the most basic accessibility requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act. I found 66 percent did not. • For these projects and other reporting work, the Society of Professional Journalists in Detroit named me "Young Journalist of the Year."

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Mt. Clemens, Michigan

Alma College, Michigan

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism, 3.9/4.0 Ga

Activities and Societies: Honors College, ASMSU student government, State News

Paul Miller Fellowship, Political Science And Government, Journalism

Fellowship, Education Policy Analysis, Journalism

Journalism fellow at Columbia University’s Hechinger Institute, writing a highly-researched data project on the shortcomings.

Journalism Study, One Of 25 College Journalism Seniors Nationwide Chosen For Poynter’S Class Of 2002