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Newsroom Staff: Debbie Messina

Staff writer
Office phone: 757-446-2588

Debbie covers regional transportation issues. Her reporting responsibilities include light rail, the area's road network and the airports. The beat encompasses a number of public agencies: Hampton Roads Transit, the Hampton Roads Transportation Planning Organization, the Virginia Department of Transportation, the Commonwealth Transportation Board and the Norfolk Airport Authority.

A graduate of the University of Maryland’s College of Journalism, she has worked as a reporter for The Pilot since 1981.

Debbie has covered a variety of beats, including environment, business, tourism, city government, education, social issues, historic preservation, courts and crime. Prior to coming to Virginia, she was a reporting intern for the Associated Press covering the Maryland legislature.



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