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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TSA agents and other essential workers will have to continue work without pay as a government shutdown continues. Without a resolution from Congress, some TSA workers are left with fear and uncertainty about the stability of their jobs and livelihood. -
After riding a rollercoaster at the Epic Universe theme park, Kevin Rodríguez Zavala later died in the hospital from multiple blunt force injuries. Prominent civil rights attorney, Ben Crump, is asking Universal to release information related to Zavala’s death. -
Mi Familia en Acción’s citizenship program helps eligible residents navigate the naturalization process and offer assistance with applications at no cost. -
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL will deliver over 50 different science experiments to the orbiting lab, catching a ride on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. -
A proposal by the FAA would include shutting down Playlinda beach for up to 60 days to accommodate the launches. -
SpaceX's Starship successfully launched, and safety landed in the Indian Ocean. Plus, scientists have found an interesting object near Neptune. -
Scientists are on the hunt for signs of life on Mars and the icy moons of Saturn and Venus. -
Veteran NASA Astronaut Winston Scott fields questions from curious kids. Plus, a look at how food plays a crucial role in space in the book Space Bites. -
During its third flight, United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur carried payloads from the U.S. Space Force -
The University of Central Florida has a new space business graduate program. The online Space MBA aims to help people pursue careers in space finance, commercialization and more. -
The Trump Administration named Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation, to be the interim NASA administrator. Plus, could life exist in an icy ocean on a distant moon within our solar system. -
Former Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy is joining the growing race to be Orange County’s next mayor. The county’s current Mayor Jerry Demmings is term-limited and cannot seek re-election.
