Molly Ball
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Molly Ball was a staff writer for The Atlantic, where she was a leading voice in the magazine's coverage of U.S. politics, and a CNN political analyst.
Ball has been awarded the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award, the Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism, and the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis for her coverage of political campaigns and issues. Ball previously reported for Politico, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the Las Vegas Sun. She has worked for newspapers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia, as well as the New York Times and the Washington Post. She is a graduate of Yale University and was a 2009 recipient of the Knight-Wallace journalism fellowship at the University of Michigan. In 2007, she won $100,000 on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Ball grew up in Idaho and Colorado. She lives in Virginia with her husband and three children.
