<p><span><img align="right" alt="" height="167" src="http://assets.fiercemarkets.net/public/sites/govit/rmcdermottheadshot.j…; width="115" />Ryan McDermott is an Editor in the Government Publishing Group at FierceMarkets. He writes regularly for</span><span> </span><em>FierceGovernment</em>. He's held just about every newsroom job possible and previously worked for Patch.com, <em>Warren Communications News</em>, <em>The Gazette</em>, <em>The Brooklyn Rail</em>, <em>The Onion</em>, Popmatters.com and <em>Vice Magazine</em>. Ryan holds a B.A. in journalism from Rowan University where he was the editor of the student newspaper and did graduate work in magazine journalism at New York University. Ryan lives in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C. You can reach him by <a href="http://[email protected]">email </a>or follow @fiercegov</p>
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