She writes news and features stories and creates videos for the electronic publication. She formally was a multimedia reporter for New York Daily, covering local and national news such as the Sandy Hook shooting and the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Trapasso also teaches aspiring journalists at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. She has been an adjunct professor for three years. Trapasso went into journalism after completing a two-and-a-half year stint as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Independent Samoa. She was an Associated Press reporter before she joined the Daily News. She earned her master’s degree in journalism from New York University in 2007. @claretrap