Marissa Plescia

Marissa Plescia is a skilled reporter currently working at MedCity News since July 2022, where responsibilities include writing two daily stories on payers, health tech, and employers, hosting the monthly podcast MedCity FemFwd focused on women's health, and attending healthcare conferences for reporting and panel moderation. Previous experience includes writing daily news briefs for Becker's Healthcare, where Marissa focused on finance news for hospitals, and serving as a Data Journalism Intern at Kansas City PBS, where in-depth data stories on mental health were produced. Marissa's educational background includes a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Additional internships and roles at various media organizations have further developed Marissa's reporting, writing, and editing skills.