Book editor · featured
The Last Witnesses
Published in April 2017, The Last Witnesses tells the powerful stories behind several dozen artifacts from the Museum’s collection.
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Marisa Beahm Klein
A journalist’s precision.
A poet’s prose.
Two decades of turning challenging subjects into stories that earn the weight they carry.
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For two decades, Marisa has worked at the intersection of journalism, arts, and strategic communication. She cut her teeth as a daily reporter in Colorado, served as an editor for magazines in Europe, and earned her master’s in Arts Management at American University. She has served on the marketing and communications teams at the nation’s most prestigious arts and cultural organizations.
Selected work
From long-form journalism to succinct social media campaigns, Marisa’s work spans mediums and delivers mission-driven content that moves people to act.
Video campaign · featured
The Undeniable Truth
Undeniable Truth is a social/digital awareness campaign that features Holocaust survivors talking about everyday objects in the Museum’s collection—a diary, a pair of boots, a letter—that hold deep meaning to them personally and serve as enduring evidence of the Holocaust.
More long-form
Video & storytelling
Recognitions
Speaking
Poetry
— from Opened Aperture — with my eyes closed
i let the sun expose
the negatives of my eyelids
Featured reader at Inner Loop
Contact
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