<span class="vcard">Allison Mollenkamp</span>

Allison Mollenkamp

Postgraduate Fellow

Allison Mollenkamp is a Postgraduate Fellow at Just Security and a Research Scholar at NYU School of Law. She previously worked for NPR serving as a producer for Weekend Edition and as a fellow on the Investigations Unit. Her work at NPR focused on election disinformation and the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mollenkamp has also reported for public media outlets in Nebraska, Alabama, and Alaska. Her team’s coverage of 2019 floods in Nebraska earned a National Murrow Award for continuing coverage.

Mollenkamp completed a Master’s in Journalism at the University of Maryland as part of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. While there, she reported on the risks of COVID-19 for airport workers and on evictions in public housing. Mollenkamp also graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Alabama, where she was a Randall Research Scholar. She is also on LinkedIn.

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