Olga, a second-year online journalism graduate student, has served as special projects editor for NeonTommy.com, the student-run Web site, working on packages examining air pollution, community revitalization and swine flu victims. Olga has interned for Washingtonpost.com, writing an 1,800-word story featured on the home page, and for News24, South Africa's largest news site. Outside of journalism, Olga has served as a program assistant with Physicians for Human Rights. She earned a BA in political science from American University in May 2008. Twitter.

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