Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001
Katy Marquardt graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in December 2000 with a B.A. in Journalism. During college, she worked as a reporter and editor at the university’s student newspaper, The Daily Texan, and completed internships at the Abilene Reporter-News and the Austin American-Statesman.
Marquardt began covering business and real estate stories during her internship at the Austin American-Statesman and took a post-graduate internship with Dow Jones’ financial newswires in New York. Aside from her gravitation toward business journalism, Marquardt has interest and experience in covering state and local government, education, law enforcement, spot news, and news features. She has also worked as a magazine and newspaper freelancer.
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Volunteers seen in national security role
Submitted on November 8, 2001 - 1:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001Volunteers would play a role in securing the nation against future terrorist threats under a proposal introduced Wednesday by an Indiana senator. Sen. Evan Bayh's bill - co-sponsored by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. - would seize upon the nation's surge in patriotic spirit by expanding national service ..
Colorado man buries dad lost in WWII
Submitted on October 31, 2001 - 1:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001More than a half-century after his father's plane vanished over the jungles of Papua New Guinea, Lakewood resident Michael Kindig Osborn saw him laid to rest Tuesday with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.The service brought closure to a mystery that has consumed Osborn since he ..
Blood donations from Sept. 11 expire
Submitted on October 26, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001Hundreds of pints of blood donated in the days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks reached the end of their useful life this week - unused. Since blood has a shelf life of only 42 days, pints donated in the overwhelming response during the days following Sept. 11 began expiring Tuesday. While some ..
Flashy or basic, skates are back this year
Submitted on October 10, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001Flashy roller fads will inundate toy shelves this season, but retailers say the basics - skateboards, inline skates, and roller skates - are back just as strong. Not only are wheeled staples in vogue, many brands are deeply discounted. Inline skate companies, for example, have responded to this ..
Nacchio outlines ways to prevent cyber attack
Submitted on October 5, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001WASHINGTON -- The chief executive of Denver-based Quest Communications International, Inc., told a Senate committee Thursday that the government should increase measures to protect the nation's communications network against a cyber terrorist attack.Joseph Nacchio, who testified before a Senate ..
Plan to enhance military absentee voting moves forward
Submitted on October 5, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001WASHINGTON – A Colorado lawmaker's plan to improve the voting access of absentee military personnel took a major step Tuesday by gaining Senate approval. “This will assure that while we're asking military men and women to serve in a war terrorism, they'll be assured the ..
Rocky Flats a step closer to becoming wildlife refuge
Submitted on October 3, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001WASHINGTON -- The Senate approved legislation Tuesday to turn Colorado's former Rocky Flats nuclear plant into a national wildlife refuge by attaching the measure to its version of the 2002 Defense Authorization Bill.“I think it's a big step today that we're now able to move ..
College campuses hold peace rallies
Submitted on September 20, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001Though retaliation against the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America hasn't yet begun, anti-war movements are already taking shape on the nation's college campuses.Students at nearly 150 colleges and universities-from the University of Oklahoma to Boston College-have responded to the ..
Too soon to estimate increase in funerals, Arlington Cemetery says
Submitted on September 12, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001Arlington National Cemetery has not yet begun to prepare for what will likely be a greater than usual number of funerals in the coming weeks, cemetery administration officials said, since rescuers at the Pentagon are in the preliminary stages of recovering bodies from the wreckage of Tuesday's ..
Under attack - impressions from Washington, D.C. - part 5
Submitted on September 11, 2001 - 12:00am. Katy Marquardt - Fall 2001Chaos in the aftermath of Tuesday's terrorist attacks on Washington, D.C., sent the city's offices, hotels and rental car companies into a tailspin as those that kept their doors open scrambled to accommodate distraught customers and employees.As the subway and local airports shut down, ..
