Marissa Kraus is a Los Angeles Times summer intern for Sports. The Columbia, Mo., native recently graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied journalism. She has previously worked for the Daily Nebraskan, Denver Post, Omaha World-Herald and the Nebraska Golf Assn. Kraus is also a proud member of the Sports Journalism Institute class of 2022 and has had work recognized by the Associated Press Sports Editors and Midwest Broadcast Journalist Assn.
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