Mary Margaret, you can call her Molly, is a second-year graduate student at the Missouri School of Journalism.

She is currently interning at UNLADYLIKE2020 Productions where she is researching early American feminists. With the team’s wealth of digital shorts and accompanying lesson plans, she is to working to disrupt current gender disparities in our K-12 classrooms.

She was assistant city editor for the Columbia Missourian for two years. She helped coordinate social justice coverage during the 2021 Legislative Session in Missouri. She is most proud of her work on medical racism and anti-transgender legislation.

Molly earned a Missouri Press Association Award for her reporting on the Rock Island rails-to-trails project and the impacts it could have for the neighbors of the long-abandoned railway in 2020.

Also in 2020, she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in political science from MU. Her emphasis area was investigative reporting and she spent time reporting on LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination legislation, imminent domain disputes and Missouri’s public health infrastructure.

She has spent time coaching and mentoring first-time reporters as an assistant editor.

Below you will find a bit more about what Molly is passionate about and her prior work experience. Click around to find her resume and her favorite writing samples.

About me:

I am passionate about telling the most accurate and well-rounded story possible. For me, that often means interviewing people and collecting stories that are missed in the first frenzy of news gathering. I enjoy mentoring reporters and encouraging them to develop strong connections with the communities they report on. I am an avid reader, dog-park enthusiast and lifelong Missourian.

I am currently an assitant city editor at the Missourian, a daily paper with 24/7 digital coverage in a market that serves 1,200,000 households.