ABOUT MAriel
Mariel Turner's career began as a high school senior, when she interned in her hometown of Detroit at the NBC affiliate WDIV. During her time there, she assisted on lifestyle and fashion coverage and helped to cover major events in the city of Detroit.
This early experience solidified her dream to be a full-time entertainment journalist.
The summer of 2011, she studied abroad in Florence, Italy, and traveled to London, Paris, Venice, Rome, and Amsterdam. She learned how media worked as a global operation and proceeded to pursue journalism experience outside of her city of Detroit.
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She went on to intern at news stations and media companies in New York City, Louisiana, and Chicago. She honed her skills as a digital producer and entertainment editor at KTLA 5 News and Wonderwall.com in Los Angeles.
When Mariel wasn't working, she was pursuing her education and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Communication Studies from the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor and a Master of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.
Today, the 33-year-old is an editor, reporter, and host, covering entertainment in Los Angeles. Mariel has had the privilege to moderate cast panels for "Grey's Anatomy" and "Snowfall," report on women's issues in Johannesburg, South Africa, work as an on-air contributor on the Reelz Channel, interview a host of celebrities — including Margot Robbie, Steven Spielberg, Chris Evans, Halle Berry, Glenn Close, Sterling K. Brown and Nicole Kidman — and cover the Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, SAG Awards, Critics' Choice Awards and the Oscars.
Her work has been published in The Grio, Us Weekly, Yahoo! News, Shondaland, MSN, AOL, EBONY Magazine, Wonderwall.com, KTLA.com, The LAist, MSN UK, MSN South Africa, Black Love Inc. and more.
In her free time Mariel enjoys traveling, reading, binge-watching the latest streaming show and all things Beyoncé. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.