Gretchen Lasso is a recent graduate from Kent State University where she majored in journalism and received a minor in digital media production. Originally from Amherst, Ohio, Lasso worked for Kent State’s television station and online newspaper where she won the Tom Olson Newsroom Leadership award. She also studied abroad in China, Germany and Italy where she learned about global journalism. Lasso also interned at WEWS in Cleveland in the investigative unit where she won two regional Emmy awards and a regional Murrow award.