Ashton Marra, MS

Executive Editor
100 Days in Appalachia
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia

Ashton Marra is the co-founder of Reporting on Addiction, a collaborative project of nonprofit media outlet 100 Days in Appalachia and the Opioid Policy Institute. 100 Days in Appalachia os a 20201 national Edward R. Murrow award winning publication and as it's executive editor, she oversees the work of a team of editors, contributors and reporters across Appalachia to create content by Appalachians for Appalachians. Ashton is also a teaching assistant professor in the West Virginia University Reed College of Media, where she teaches news writing, video storytelling, and community-focused journalism. She’s spent more than a decade working as a professional journalist for both public media and commercial news outlets, on local, statewide and national platforms, including NPR and ABC News.

I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Presentation(s):

• Changing the Way Our Nation Addresses Addiction: Disrupting the Cycle of Stigma in Policy and Media

  Monday, April 18, 2022
  2:30 PM – 3:45 PM ET