Marchione on BJ front page becoming a habit

Former BJ reporter Marilyn Marchione, chief medical writer for the Associated Press, got her article about progress in early detection of cancers on the front page of the BJ again today.

Marilyn Marchione

She did the same thing in 2007 and 2010, that I know of. Probably others, too.

Marilynn became AP Medical Writer in 2004 after more than 25 years as a reporter and editor at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Chicago Sun-Times and the BJ for 10 years (1976-1985), including as assistant Metro Desk editor. She was named AP's Chief Medical Writer in September 2011.

In 2010 she was awarded the Victor Cohn Prize for Excellence in Medical Science Journalism as an AP medical writer. The promotion followed. A $3,000 check came with it.

Marilyn is a graduate of Youngstown’s Ursuline High and Kent State University. Her mother, Alice Marchione, lives in Boardman, Ohio.

Husband Ernie is photo editor for Birders World, a bird-watching magazine for Kalmbach Publishing in suburban Milwaukee. Their children are Melissa and Mike.

Marilyn writes that “I am always looking for a good story, good book, bike ride on a nice day” in Milwaukee, where they live.

To read Marilyn’s latest BJ front-page story, go to https://apnews.com/0206fab35bc2463aa1d1ac411f0a96a5