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The Capital News Service bureaus in Annapolis and Washington are now operating for the fall semester. Annapolis bureau director Rafael Lorente can be reached at 410-626-1008 or 301-858-5431. Washington bureau director Adrianne Flynn can be reached at 202-628-1677.

CNS will continue to make still photographs, video and audio available to clients through http://www.journalism.umd.edu/cns/wire/extras, as well as the award-winning student-produced copy that our clients have come to rely on. Our Maryland Newsline television operation will make broadcast-quality video available through http://cns.umd.edu/tv, and CNS students will continue blogging the news and feeding headlines and updates through Twitter. You can find us at www.twitter.com by searching for "CNSmd."

Here are brief biographical sketches of the student reporters who will be filing stories from Washington and Annapolis for our wire service subscribers this semester:

Fall 2009, Annapolis Bureau

KAREN ANDERSON, 23, is a journalism graduate student who will cover politics and the state's budget crisis. She received her undergraduate degree in political science and religion from Denison University in Granville, Ohio. She has interned at Campaigns and Elections' Politics Magazine and has been published in The Maryland Daily Record, The Laurel Leader, The Hyattsville Life and Times and The Prince George's Sentinel. She can be reached at politics-ann@jmail.umd.edu.

MEGAN E. GUSTAFSON, 25, is a journalism graduate student at the University of Maryland who will cover education and health issues, with an emphasis on the H1N1 virus. She received her undergraduate degree in public relations from Marquette University in 2004. Prior to attending graduate school, she worked in communications for divisions of BASF and UnitedHealth Group. Gustafson is the business journalism fellow at UCG, a business-to-business information publisher in Gaithersburg, and has freelanced for the Greenbelt News Review and the Frederick News-Post. She can be reached at schools-ann@jmail.umd.edu or health-ann@jmail.umd.edu.

JAMES HALE, 21, is an undergraduate journalism student at the University of Maryland who will cover the Chesapeake Bay. He interned at washingtonpost.com, as well as the Bucks County Courier Times and Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at environment-ann@jmail.umd.edu or jhalecns@gmail.com.

CATHERINE KRIKSTAN, 22, is a journalism graduate student at the University of Maryland who will cover the Chesapeake Bay. She received her undergraduate degree in English with a minor in Asian studies from St. Mary's College. She has freelanced for EQUUS Magazine, The Prince George's Sentinel, The Takoma Voice and The Silver Spring Voice. She can be reached at environment-ann@jmail.umd.edu or chesapeake.cns@gmail.com.

CHRISTOPHER MATTHEWS, 25, is a journalism graduate student who will cover criminal justice issues. He has interned at Fox News Channel, the Mount Hope Monitor, washingtonpost.com and Salon.com. He has reported on the U.S. Congress, Bronx politics and a hostage standoff. Matthews has traveled widely, including seven-month stints in Paris and Australia, where he was a semi-professional lacrosse player. He received his bachelor's in political science from Kenyon College in Ohio. He can be reached at justice-ann@jmail.umd.edu.

BOBBY MCMAHON, 25, is a graduate journalism student at the University of Maryland who will cover business, transportation and the economic downturn. He has covered local issues for The Prince George's Sentinel and the Hyattsville Life & Times, as well as arts and music for The Free Lance-Star in Virginia. He can be reached at business-ann@jmail.umd.edu or traffic-ann@jmail.umd.edu.

Fall 2009, Washington Bureau

LAURA GURFEIN, 20, is a junior majoring in print journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park covering education for Capital News Service. During summer 2009, she was an editorial intern at Westchester Magazine, based in Elmsford, N.Y. She can be reached at schools-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

TINA IRGANG, 24, is a graduate student at Maryland covering immigration and the 2010 census. She has an undergraduate degree in American studies and history from the University of Tuebingen in Germany. She interned with USA Today and freelanced for The Prince George's Sentinel, Greenbelt News Review and Hyattsville Life & Times. She can be reached at census-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

DAVID M. JOHNSON, 25, is a graduate student covering business and economics for CNS. In 2006, he graduated from Salisbury University with a history degree. Since then, he has covered sports for the Prince George's Gazette and contributed to several other publications in the Maryland-D.C. region. He can be reached at business-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

SHARMINA MANANDHAR, 25, is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park covering health and medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in communication arts from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She has freelanced for The Prince George's Sentinel and Hyattsville Life & Times in Maryland. She can be reached at health-dc@jmail.umd.edu.

ALEKSANDRA ROBINSON, 23, is a graduate student at the University of Maryland, College Park, who will cover the Chesapeake Bay. In 2008, she earned two bachelor's degrees, French and writing, from Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. She was the first -- and last -- Baltimore Examiner graduate opinion fellow. She also worked as the first copy-editing intern for Gannett's weekend magazine, USA WEEKEND. She can be reached at environment-dc@jmail.umd.edu.