Markette Smith, a California State University, Dominguez Hills alumna, attributes her current success as a reporter at WTOP.com News in Washington, D.C., to the education she received at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Landing the job as a reporter for the number-one news radio station in Washington, D.C., and number-eight radio station in the country, Smith has been with WTOP.com News for more than a year, and is known as the girl with the M&M’s chocolate candy dispenser on her desk.