
Elissa Miolene is a Bay Space Information Group schooling reporter for The Mercury Information and East Bay Occasions. She beforehand wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle, The Wall Avenue Journal, and different media shops, the place she targeted on migration and fairness points. Earlier than shifting to journalism, Elissa led communications for humanitarian and United Nations businesses in the US, East Africa, and South Asia, the place she wrote about baby safety, international well being and humanitarian disaster. Elissa holds grasp’s levels in journalism and coverage from Stanford College and Lehigh College respectively, together with a bachelor’s diploma in journalism and international research from Lehigh.