
Marianna McMurdock
Staff Reporter
Marianna McMurdock was a staff reporter with The 74 through February of 2025. Her work covered a range of national education news topics, from youth and educator mental health to the teacher workforce.
Previously, she worked for a youth development nonprofit, mentoring high schoolers who facilitated workshops throughout Rhode Island and Massachusetts. She also curated audio stories to amplify the experiences of parenting and/or unhoused women of color attending California State Universities during a fellowship with the Education Trust-West. As a 2022-23 Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow, she developed a visual storytelling toolkit for small newsrooms.
Her writing and photography projects have been featured in The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Providence Journal, MinnPost and Edible Rhody. She is a member of the Education Writers Association, NAHJ, NABJ and Diversify Photo.