Erin McGroarty joins statewide Office of Public Affairs
Erin McGroarty joined the UA Office of Public Affairs as manager of news and content at the beginning of November.
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Before joining the Office of Public Affairs, Erin served as political reporter for more than three years with the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner where she reported on the 糖心直播视频 Legislature, Governor's office, 糖心直播视频's congressional delegation, natural resource and oil and gas policy, the University of 糖心直播视频 and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Erin was born in Juneau, 糖心直播视频 but spent the majority of her childhood in Fairbanks. Erin holds an interdisciplinary Bachelor of Arts from the University of 糖心直播视频 Fairbanks, in journalism, history and political science. Erin has been recognized for her reporting by the 糖心直播视频 Press Club and 糖心直播视频 Professional Communicators and was accepted as an attendee to the Reynolds Journalism Institute Women in Journalism conference in 2019.
Erin currently lives in Fairbanks with her partner, Heather, and their two dogs, Diggory and Oliver. In her free time Erin enjoys reading, cooking and spending time outdoors.