
Maria Pulcinella is the lead digital producer for WHYY News.
Her work on WHYY News’ digital election coverage in 2022 and 2023 helped earn the station Regional and National Murrow Awards for Excellence in Innovation.
Her work has appeared on NPR, HuffPost, and VICE Media, among other outlets.
Before returning to her home city from Boston, Maria specialized in digital products and design. She is an honors program graduate of Emerson College.
Maria is highly interested in impactful, community-centered journalism and lives with her two street cats in Fishtown.
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4 years ago
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Some Philly area school districts make masking optional in wake of Supreme Court ruling
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4 years ago
Philly Parks & Rec to offer students free meals during winter break
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4 years ago
Philly police dispatchers indicted for collecting pandemic unemployment, prosecutors say
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4 years ago
Montgomery County declares Code Blue ahead of bitter cold temperatures
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4 years ago
N.J. native Logan Ryan to offer free Thanksgiving meals, pet supplies to Camden families
Hundreds of Camden residents will be able to pick up free items at a pop-up community store at The Neighborhood Center.
4 years ago
A ‘ticking time bomb’: Victim’s family sues PGW, city over fatal 2019 explosion in South Philly
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4 years ago
‘Philadelphia cannot simply shrug’: A call for change greets news of Henon’s guilty verdict
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4 years ago
Indego is expanding, again: Philly bike-share program to double in size by 2026
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4 years ago
Not sure what to do with your lawn signs post-election? Montco will recycle them for you
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4 years ago