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The CNS D.C. Crew, Fall 2009

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About Us has info on all the news bureau staffs.

The bureau chief:

Adrianne Flynn is the Washington bureau director for the college's Capital News Service. Formerly a Washington correspondent for the Arizona Republic, where she covered U.S. Sen. John McCain, she also worked as a reporter for The Washington Times, where she covered Mayor Marion Barry's return, and for The Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, where she covered serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer and the 11-day Lucasville, Ohio, prison riot. She started her career at the Mesa Tribune in Arizona.c

The graduate students:

Tina Irgang, 24, is a graduate student at Maryland covering immigration and the 2010 census. She has an undergraduate degree in American studies and history from the University of Tuebingen in Germany. She interned with USA Today and freelanced for the Prince George's Sentinel, Greenbelt News Review and Hyattsville Life & Times. She can be reached at census-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

David M. Johnson, 25, is a graduate student covering business and economics for CNS. In 2006, he graduated from Salisbury University with a history degree. Since then, he has covered sports for the Prince George's Gazette and contributed to several other publications in the Maryland-D.C. region. He can be reached at business-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

Sharmina Manandhar, 25, is a graduate student covering health and medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in communication arts from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She has freelanced for the Prince George's Sentinel and Hyattsville Life & Times in Maryland. She can be reached at health-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

Aleksandra Robinson, 23, is a graduate student who will cover the Chesapeake Bay. In 2008, she earned two bachelor's degrees, French and writing, from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. She was the first -- and last -- Baltimore Examiner graduate opinion fellow. She also worked as the first copy-editing intern for Gannett's weekend magazine, USA WEEKEND. She can be reached at environment-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

The undergraduate student:

Laura Gurfein, 20, is a junior majoring in print journalism covering education for Capital News Service. During summer 2009, she was an editorial intern at Westchester Magazine, based in Elmsford, N.Y. She can be reached at schools-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

Photos by Capital News Service

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