Summary: <p>As part of our farewell to The Takeaway, Melissa Harris-Perry sits down with the folks behind the scenes who make the show happen every day. Today, we're highlighting the work of <a href="https://twitter.com/marynotmerry_">Mary Steffenhagen</a> — an award-winning investigative journalist and producer who joined The Takeaway just over a year ago — by listening back to a few of her favorite segments:</p> <p style="margin-left:40px;">• <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/when-womens-survival-criminalized">"When Women’s Survival is Criminalized"</a> and <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/corrections-ink">"Corrections in Ink"</a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px;">• <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/yet-another-reckoning-southern-baptist-convention">"A Culture of Abuse and Cover-Ups in the Southern Baptist Convention"</a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px;">• <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/trains-american-culture">"How Trains Left Indelible Tracks on American Culture"</a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px;">• <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/album-music-sylvan-esso">"Music In Their Own Words: Sylvan Esso"</a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px;">• <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/realities-race-assisted-reproduction">"The Realities of Race in Assisted Reproduction"</a></p> <p style="margin-left:40px;">• <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/human-compost-legal">"Human Composting is Legal in New York—Now What?"</a></p> <p>Mary Steffenhagen's original reporting on labor organizing, social activism, and <a href="https://homeschooling.nycitynewsservice.com/podcast/">the political movement behind homeschooling</a> has earned awards from the Sidney Hillman Foundation (<a href="https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2022/04/dean-announces-alumni-winners-of-2022-awards-for-excellence/">Hillman Award</a>), the Newswomen's Club of New York (<a href="https://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2022-front-page-awards">Front Page Award</a>) and multiple national student journalism associations. She has reported for outlets including <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/palestinian-youth-social-media">Teen Vogue</a>, <a href="https://citylimits.org/2022/04/21/in-wake-of-subway-attack-sunset-park-grapples-over-what-public-safety-should-look-like/">City Limits</a> and <a href="https://www.chalkbeat.org/2022/5/12/23067012/homeschool-lobbying-christian">Chalkbeat</a>. She was also a Fulbright scholar in the 2022 Berlin Capital Program and previously interned at <a href="https://www.salon.com/writer/mary_steffenhagen">Salon</a> and <a href="https://www.codastory.com/author/marysteffenhagen/">Coda Media</a>, where she helped produce a weekly news podcast. She earned a masters' in investigative and audio journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2021. </p> <p>Find her on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/marynotmerry_">@marynotmerry__</a> and at <a href="https://www.marysteffenhagen.com/">www.marysteffenhagen.com</a></p>
