News Staff
Meet the Get Degrees news staff! Our experienced and talented writing team is dedicated to covering the best and latest information in the education world, and bringing you the stories that matter most.
Editor: Sasha Orman Since The Distance Daily's inception, Sasha has been responsible for editing and providing direction for all news and feature stories. In addition, she has covered stories on a wide range of education-related issues. Sasha is a graduate of UCSD with a degree in writing and years of experience with various online and print publications, and at The Distance Daily she aims to deliver all the freshest in daily college & career education news.
Melissa Steele is a professional writer and content developer with over 8 years experience working for online publications. Her work experience includes creative writing, and journalism for major corporations, Internet start up companies, and local news publications. Her current focus includes research on funding for higher education. She is a graduate of UNLV and endeavors to keep her readers up to date with the most relevant education information.
Bob Hartzell has been writing on the growth of distance learning and continuing education for four years. His career has put him in the writer's seat for advertising, promotional campaigns and news coverage in professional sports, in politics and for interactive media projects. Since becoming a full time content developer, he has written extensively in the fields of insurance, education, technology, health care, consumer finance, and civil litigation.
Freelance News Staff
Matthew Keegan is a freelance writer & graduate of Ramapo College of New Jersey and enjoys helping high school students prepare for college. His expertise is in financial aid where he keeps track of the billions of dollars in scholarships and grant money awarded to deserving students each year.
Kelly Richardson, MEd is a freelance writer, marcom consultant and digital entrepreneur. He's written content for Fortune 500s Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Wells Fargo.
Woodrow Aames has written articles and profiles for Yahoo, Microsoft Network, Microsoft Encarta, and other websites and print magazines around the world. He holds an MFA degree and has taught English abroad.
Abhijeet Mukherjee is a blogger, writer and internet marketer from New Delhi, India. He is the author of Jeet Blog and has written pieces for some of the top blogs on the internet.




