Video Storytelling for Social Media

Marisa Palmer is the Director of Communications for the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office. She received her master of science degree in criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She comes to the District Attorney's Office from a decade-long career as an award-winning video journalist with a focus on criminal justice and policing. As a journalist, Palmer is a listener at heart. She is captivated by experiences, stories, and projects that evoke empathy for people often misunderstood. Palmer was a producer for Vice News' domestic documentary unit, where she explored stories about race, politics, and environmental injustice. Prior to Vice News, Palmer was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, where she studied the effects of police training programs in the US and began developing a database that ranked training programs by quality, efficacy, and accessibility. Before Harvard, Palmer was a senior video producer for Business Insider's News and Documentary team, where she helped launch Facebook's first digital daily news program. Palmer won a Telly award for her reporting on Baltimore's police training programs, a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Salute to Excellence award for a report on the making of Juneteenth into a federal holiday, and two Emmys for assisted reporting. Before arriving at Business Insider, Palmer worked for CBS News. She was formerly a board member for the New York Association of Black Journalists, an Emma Bowen Fellow, and a Hearst Producing Fellow. She is an alum of Syracuse University and holds a dual bachelors degree from SI Newhouse School of Public Communications and The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.