Molly O'Toole is an American reporter whose work focuses on

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...

and security. In May 2020, O'Toole was one of the inaugural recipients of the

Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting The Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting is one of the Pulitzer Prizes for American journalism. It recognizes distinguished reporting on a radio program or podcast. History The award was announced in December 2019, and given for the first time in ...

for her work with

This American Life ''This American Life'' (''TAL'') is an American monthly hour-long radio program produced in collaboration with Chicago Public Media and hosted by Ira Glass. It is broadcast on numerous public radio stations in the United States and internatio ...

concerning the personal impact of the Remain in Mexico Policy.

Education

O’Toole studied English as an undergraduate at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

, graduating cum laude in 2009, before earning a dual master's degree in journalism and international relations from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, th ...

in 2011. At Cornell, she ran for the varsity cross country and track teams, and was an editor for

The Cornell Daily Sun ''The Cornell Daily Sun'' is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York by students at Cornell University and hired employees. ''The Sun'' features coverage of the university and its environs as well as stories from the Associa ...

. O'Toole credits much of her journalism training to The Sun: "Everything I learned about journalism, and really about life, came from the Cornell Daily Sun," she said in an interview with Cornell's magazine.

Awards

* 2020 – The Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting.

References

External links

''The Out Crowd''
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Articles by Molly O'Toole
at The Los Angeles Times
Articles by Molly O'Toole
at Foreign Policy {{DEFAULTSORT:OToole, Molly Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism American women journalists 21st-century American journalists New York University alumni Cornell University alumni Los Angeles Times people Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American women