Stephanie McCrummen is an American journalist who has worked for ''

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'' and ''

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''. She has won several awards for her political journalism, including two

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and a

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Biography

Born and raised in

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, McCrummen studied at the

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, graduating in 1998. After spending some time working for ''

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'' as a reporter, she moved to ''

'', where she served as the chief of their East Africa bureau, and then joined the national enterprise team, writing narratives about American life and politics. McCrummen was a leading member of ''

'' teams who won the 2018

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and 2018

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for their reporting on the

Roy Moore sexual misconduct allegations In November 2017, multiple women made allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, a former List of justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and the Republican nominee in 2017 United States Sena ...

during the 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama. She and Beth Reinhard won the 2018

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for Political Reporting for that same coverage. She won the 2020 George Polk Award for Political Reporting and 2020 Scripps Howard Award in Excellence in Human Interest Storytelling for her coverage of political trends within the state of

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. In March 2023, she became part of the staff of ''

''.

References

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