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Washington Bureau Bios
Marsha Mercer
Email: mmercer@mediageneral.com
MARSHA D. MERCER is bureau chief of Media General News Service and a weekly columnist on national and political affairs. Since joining the bureau in 1980, she has logged well over 70,000 miles on the road, listening to what people say about their government, politicians and policies.
Mercer began her newspaper career writing bridal announcements at The Richmond News Leader. In 1976, she joined the Richmond Times-Dispatch in the Charlottesville bureau, later becoming bureau chief. She has covered every national Democratic and Republican presidential convention and New Hampshire primary since 1984. Mercer covered the White House from 1993 to 2003, when she was named chief of the Washington bureau.
The recipient of numerous state and national writing awards, Mercer won Media General's D. Tennant Bryan award for column-writing in 2006 and 2007, and for feature writing in 2001 .
A graduate of Stephens College in Missouri, Mercer earned a master's degree in English from the University of Virginia. She has been an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland's College of Journalism.
Mercer is a member of the Gridiron Club and National Press Club.
Marsha Mercer can be contacted by e-mail or at 202-662-7670