Marisa M. Kashino

Writer and Editor
Washington, DC
Kashino is an editor at The Washington Post and was previously a senior editor and writer at Washingtonian magazine. She has twice been a Livingston Award finalist. This is a sampling of her magazine work.

About

Marisa M. Kashino

Marisa M. Kashino is an editor in the features department at The Washington Post. Previously, as an editor and writer at Washingtonian, she reported long-form narrative features and managed the magazine's real-estate and home-design coverage.

Kashino was a Livingston Award finalist in 2020 for her two-part investigation into a decades-old murder of a young mother in a rural fishing town. Her story uncovered new evidence and helped exonerate a wrongfully convicted man. She was a Livingston finalist in 2015 for her reporting on Donald Trump's crusade to wrest control of Virginia's largest vineyard.

Previously, as a reporter for Legal Times and The National Law Journal, she covered courts, politics, and the business of K Street and Big Law, and spent time in Kabul in 2008 reporting on failed democracy-building efforts.

Kashino grew up near Seattle, and graduated cum laude from the University of Washington with a degree in journalism and political science. She lives in the DC area with her husband and several rescue animals.