Marian Summerall
Producer/ReporterMarian is a multimedia journalist at Central Florida Public Media working as a reporter and producer for the 'Are We There Yet?' space podcast. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and two minors in journalism and mass media communications. Before joining the Central Florida Public Media team, she worked in public radio with NPR’s Next Generation Radio producing a multimedia story on what it means to be a Floridian. Marian was the executive producer on the “Sounds of Central Florida” project which was a partnership between the Nicholson School of Communication and Media and Central Florida Public Media. Aside from radio, Marian was an intern at Oviedo Community News that covers the Oviedo and Winter Springs area. She also covered and reported on the 2022 midterm election for the Orlando Sentinel, Central Florida’s newspaper of record. During her time at UCF, Marian reported and wrote articles published by the campus news site NSM Today and the student magazine Imprint.
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Supervisor of elections offices have mailed ballots to residents who requested them for the upcoming election on November 5. -
Earth has an asteroid, or mini moon, orbiting the planet for the next several weeks. Plus, a look at how forecasters use weather satellites to track storms. -
SpaceX is planning to launch a crew of two from Cape Canaveral September 28 to the International Space Station. -
Amesty pleaded not guilty after being indicted on four felony counts last month. -
The FAA is proposing penalties after saying SpaceX went against license requirements. -
Thomas Feiter filed a lawsuit against local GOP leaders, alleging the results of the Republican primary for the Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney was corrupt. -
NASA is making plans for the future of space exploration with space enthusiasts and companies around the world preparing for the future retirement of the International Space Station and a look into women’s health in space. -
Blue Origin commercial astronaut and founder of the nonprofit organization SpaceKids Global, Sharon Hagle, is going back to space, this time, with an audience of young people audience. Eight lucky winners from SpaceKids Global’s contest will be able to watch Hagle launch into space and be a part of a Press Squad: interviewing members of Blue Origin’s team. -
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced a new plan to increase access to Florida State Parks with the Great Outdoors Initiative. -
Scientists will study the crew of SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission analyzing how the human body reacts to the environment of space and Mars has water hidden under its surface. -
Orange and Seminole County are creating drop off locations for yard signs used during the election to recycle them into reusable plastic. -
University of Florida researchers are brewing beer in microgravity and one author believes that humanity needs to focus on the needs of our own planet before focusing on space exploration.
