Marisa Palmer

hi there, I’m Marisa and I produce video documentaries. as a producer and journalist, I deeply believe conversations, connection, and trust are at the core of community-building and I work to incorporate those elements in each story I develop. My work spans about a decade, during which I’ve produced stories on criminal justice and policing, women’s health, Black life, and small business.

selected work.

Screen+Shot+2020-12-12+at+1.38.24+PM.jpg — **How Breast Milk Could Help Develop A Coronavirus Treatment**

bitody_20191709-1mpalmer_Egg_Freezing_v039_COLOR.00_06_44_02.Still008.jpg — **Is Egg Freezing Worth Spending Up To $50,000?**

Screen+Shot+2020-12-12+at+1.36.19+PM.jpg — **Without Its Post Office, An Alaskan Rural Town Wouldn't Get Vital Supplies**

Screen%252BShot%252B2020-02-25%252Bat%252B7.00.21%252BPM.jpg — **Business Insider Today with Karamo Brown**

cacao%2Bcolombia.jpg — **Colombia Using Chocolate to Combat Cocaine Production**

**One Bakery Is Turning Dragon Fruit Into Bread To Help Farmers**

Apple%2Bthumb.jpg — **Why Red Delicious is No Longer America’s Favorite Apple**

**Why This Is the Last Cigar Maker in**
**Cigar City**

businessinsider_d6e46c91_Weaves+still.jpg — **Why Man Weaves Are Taking Over the Men’s Grooming Industry**

businessinsider_d6e1ec17_globes+16x9+thumb.jpg — **These Handmade Globes**
**Cost Up to $100,000**

businessinsider_d6e426bd_Harlem_Haberdashery_square.jpg — **How One Black-Owned Boutique Has Survived Harlem’s Changing Demographics**

businessinsider_d6d915e8_TI_SingaporeWasteSystem_FB.00_02_16_14.Still004.jpg — **Why Singapore Burns Its Trash**

**How One Jean Shop is Reviving Detroit’s Denim Business**

Screen%2BShot%2B2019-11-03%2Bat%2B5.56.18%2BPM.jpg — **How Valentines Day Flowers**
**Are Harvested**

businessinsider_d6e1a9d5_BIT_Mlawrence_MPalmer_Sugarcane_Social_V1.00_00_01_01.Still002.jpg — **Making Eco-Friendly Straws from Sugarcane**

border+crisis.jpg — **Canada’s Border “Crisis”**

Screen+Shot+2019-11-02+at+6.16.37+PM.jpg — **This is the Longest Flight In The World (Singapore)**

writing.

**MTA Workers in NYC say the government did too little to protect them from the coronavirus**

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cosmic+crisp.jpg — **Farmers have invested millions in the new Cosmic Crisp apple variety**

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**How Vans Iconic Sneakers Are Made**

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nespresso+recycling.jpg — **Nespresso is recycling its own single-serve coffee pods**

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nyc recycling.jpeg — **How NYC recycles**

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**How a denim business opened in the middle of the recession and thrived**

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la+white+streets.jpg — **Los Angeles is spending $40,000 per mile to paint streets white**

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**How the New York Times is made and printed | The Making Of**

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about me.

Marisa Palmer is currently a Masters Candidate in the Department of Criminology at the University of Pennsylvania. She comes to the program from a decade-long career as an award-winning video journalist with a focus on criminal justice and policing.

As a journalist, Marisa is a listener at heart. She’s captivated by experiences, stories, and projects that evoke empathy for people often misunderstood. Marisa was most recently a producer for Vice News’ domestic documentary unit, where she explored stories about race, politics, and environmental injustice. Prior to Vice News, Marisa was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where she studied the effects of police training programs in the U.S. and began developing a database that ranked training programs by quality, efficacy and accessibility. Before Harvard, Marisa was a Senior Video Producer for Business Insider’s News and Documentary team where she helped launch Facebook’s first digital daily news program.

Marisa won a Telly award for her reporting on Baltimore’s police training programs, an 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 S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

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