Mary Wiltenburg (born July 6, 1976) is an American journalist based in

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Biography

Wiltenburg was born July 6, 1976, in

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. She is the daughter of

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and the niece of Kyrie O'Connor. She is a 1998 graduate of Swarthmore College with a degree in English. Wiltenburg's freelance reporting and photography have appeared in the ''

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'', '' Der Spiegel'', ''

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'', and ''

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,'' and her multimedia and broadcast work on ''Nightline'', ''This American Life'', and ''

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.'' She started her journalism career at

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affiliate KUOW and ''

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'', before joining the staff of ''The Christian Science Monitor'' from 2001 to 2004, where she covered prison education, clergy sexual abuse, the aftermath of the

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, and the dawn of marriage equality in

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Awards

* 2001 National Education Writers Association feature writing award, for her story Shakespeare Behind Bars * 2008 National Education Writers Association multimedia award, for the ''Little Bill Clinton'' series * 2008 German Marshall Fund Peter R. Weitz Award, for her coverage of US service members stationed in Germany * 2010 International Catholic Union of the Press Award for solidarity with refugees, for her series ''Little Bill Clinton'' * 2010 American Society of Journalists and Authors feature writing award, for her profile of a refugee stranded in Tanzania

References

External links

Official website
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