Valerie Young is a student reporter for the Capital News Service covering business and economic development. She is a broadcast journalism graduate student at the University of Maryland. She interns at ABC 7-WJLA-TV/NewsChannel8 and wrote for the Greenbelt News Review. She received her undergraduate degree in accounting and information systems from Virginia Tech. You can find her on Twitter @ValerieAYoung or email her at valerieann24@gmail.com.