Mary Ellen Gambon, Patch Staff

I am a Local Editor covering Dedham, Norwood, Braintree, Framingham, Natick, Hopkinton and Holliston, MA.

I am a Boston native who began my journalism career in 1994. I graduated from Boston University, where I simultaneously received bachelor's degrees in journalism and political science. In 2002, I graduated from the University of Massachusetts Boston with a master's in public administration. I am a 1994 Pulliam Fellow, a national award given to 10 graduating college seniors who are pursuing careers in journalism. I also began pursuing a graduate degree in journalism at Northeastern University.

I previously was a staff reporter for Gazette Publications, Inc., The Dedham TImes, The Daily Transcript and The Parkway-West Roxbury Transcript. Over the past five years, I have been a freelance reporter at Bulletin Newspapers, Inc. covering Boston and Norwood; Gannett, Inc.; and The Hopkinton Independent.