About Tracie Mauriello
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Washington Bureau Chief Tracie Mauriello was destined for a career in journalism. At age 9 she founded the short-lived Davis Street Day, a photocopied scandal sheet -- complete with unauthorized Slurpee coupons -- that she surreptitiously stuffed into customers' bags at her mother's 7-Eleven store in Oakville, Conn. At 10, she became editor of the Polk School Post, a position she attained because of her extraordinary skill at guessing numbers. (Her teacher picked a number and whoever guessed it got to be editor.)
Since then, Tracie has served as education writer for the Republican-American in Waterbury, Conn., assistant city editor of the Springfield News-Sun in Ohio, education and municipal government reporter for The Herald in New Britain, Conn., and executive director of the Journalism Association of Ohio Schools. She taught journalism at Urbana University in Ohio and co-wrote a chapter about libel law in the 2006 textbook "Emerging Issues in Contemporary Journalism." She has worked for the Post-Gazette since 2005.
Tracie has a bachelor's degree in English from Central Connecticut State University and a master's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University.
Her long-term goal is to return to Oakville to resurrect The Day and return it to its former glory as the best two-page monthly in the entire Davis Street neighborhood.
Since then, Tracie has served as education writer for the Republican-American in Waterbury, Conn., assistant city editor of the Springfield News-Sun in Ohio, education and municipal government reporter for The Herald in New Britain, Conn., and executive director of the Journalism Association of Ohio Schools. She taught journalism at Urbana University in Ohio and co-wrote a chapter about libel law in the 2006 textbook "Emerging Issues in Contemporary Journalism." She has worked for the Post-Gazette since 2005.
Tracie has a bachelor's degree in English from Central Connecticut State University and a master's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University.
Her long-term goal is to return to Oakville to resurrect The Day and return it to its former glory as the best two-page monthly in the entire Davis Street neighborhood.
