After working as a fulltime journalist early in her career, MaryAlice Yakutchik received her M.A. in fiction from Temple in 1987. The title of her thesis was Wedding Season Requiem. Since graduating she has been a freelance journalist. Her bylines and photographs have appeared in such papers as USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Baltimore Sun, and Sports Illustrated. Of significant note, is her freelance association with The Discovery Channel's web pages, where she regularly reports on various expeditions.