- Steven Overly
- Reporter
Steven Overly covers the Washington region’s technology, life sciences and venture capital communities for The Washington Post and its weekly Capital Business publication. Steven graduated from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, and has previously written for The Daily Record in Baltimore, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. He resides in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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