She spent more than four years working for the Associated Press in New York state, where she helped cover such stories as the resignation of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer amid a prostitution scandal and a mass shooting that occurred in Binghamton. She later earned a master's degree in media strategy and leadership from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Politics, crime and legal issues have been the backbone of her journalism career, but she is also an amateur foodie and an avid dog lover with perpetual wanderlust. She's also a social media maven . Follow her @jmpasko96.