Marisa Charpentier
Assistant Digital EditorMarisa Charpentier is KUT's assistant digital editor. She joined KUT as a digital producer in January 2020. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin with degrees in journalism and Plan II Honors in 2018, she worked as a reporter for Community Impact Newspaper, covering the Central Texas communities of Cedar Park and Leander.
She is originally from St. Louis but grew up in Flower Mound, Texas. You can email her at mcharpentier@kut.org.
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Austin Public Health is lowering the threshold for entering Stage 4 of its COVID-19 risk guidance. At that level, fully vaccinated people are urged to wear masks in all scenarios. Currently, Austin-Travis County is in Stage 3. -
Los clientes pueden recoger gratuitamente llaves de contadores, tapas de mangueras y panfletos con consejos de preparación para el invierno en dos de los centros de atención al cliente en Austin hasta agotar existencias. -
Customers can pick up free meter keys, hose bib covers and winter preparedness tip sheets at two of Austin’s customer service centers while supplies last.
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Each October, Circle C resident Joel Pace creates a Harry Potter-themed scene in his front yard and invites the public to come see it — and leave a donation for one of the charities he supports. -
If confirmed through genetic sequencing, which will take several days, these will be the first known cases of the omicron variant in Austin-Travis County. -
Austin health officials urge people to get booster shots ahead of winter holidays as omicron spreadsThe fast-spreading omicron variant has been detected in Harris County but not yet in Austin. Local health leaders, though, say it’s likely here as well. -
The store features work from designers who are part of the city’s ATX+Egypt Entrepreneurship Program, which seeks to support local brands and help give them international exposure. It's open until Dec. 20. -
Burnette was named president of Austin’s only historically black university in 2015. She was the first female president of the university since the merger of Tillotson College and Samuel Huston College. -
As opioid and other drug overdoses rise in the state, the researchers hope the program will provide a more complete understanding of the state’s overdose crisis and help guide solutions. -
Over the last month, several antisemitic and racist incidents have taken place in Austin. KUT spoke with the Anti-Defamation League and a free speech expert about what people can do when they encounter these incidents.
