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Mariah Stewart is a St. Louis–based journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on complex social, political and institutional issues for national and regional outlets. Her work focuses on translating complicated systems and public policy developments into clear, compelling journalism that helps readers understand how major issues affect everyday life.
Most recently, Stewart served as a senior staff writer for INSIGHT Into Diversity, the nation’s oldest and largest diversity-focused publication covering higher education leadership, policy and workforce trends. Her reporting examined institutional strategy, diversity initiatives and evolving challenges facing colleges and universities.
Stewart began her journalism career covering the events surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, where a crowdfunded campaign supported her continued reporting on the region. She later served as a fellow with HuffPost and reported for St. Louis American, Missouri’s largest weekly newspaper.
Her work has been published or featured in outlets including The Guardian, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, NAACP’s The Crisis Magazine, and St. Louis Public Radio. Stewart’s reporting has been nominated for the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Awards and the ArchCity Defenders Excellence in Poverty Journalism Awards.
In addition to her reporting, Stewart has appeared on national and international media platforms including BBC and HLN, and has spoken at major media and technology events such as SXSW Interactive and the Online News Association conference. She has also co-produced documentary film projects including Stranger Fruit and Finding Kendrick Johnson.
Stewart can be reached at mariah.reporter@gmail.com.
“Be content to stand in the light, and let the shadow fall where it will.”
— Maria W. Stewart
Sexual harassment in the field of scientific research is a longstanding issue that deters some women from pursuing their educational and career goals. The problem is so persistent, in fact, that the U.S. Congress recently decided to get involved. Now, proposed federal legislation in addition to increased advocacy efforts by women scientists and their supporters [...]
Like many American organizations, colleges and universities in the U.S. often occupy land that was once home to Native American communities. While modern Americans typically take for granted the fact that they reside on territory stolen from indigenous people, there is a growing trend in higher education to remember and honor the tribes and people [...]
Ricky was in a green space around the corner from where he lives at the Canfield Green apartment complex, which overlooks where Michael Brown died Ricky was in a green space around the corner from where he lives at the Canfield Green apartment complex, which overlooks where Michael Brown died I was down the street playing basketball with my friends.
Food insecurity is a growing crisis in higher education, with students on campuses across the United States finding themselves forced to attend class on empty stomachs or subsisting on inexpensive and unhealthy options.
A St. Louis Circuit Court Judge has called for a special election for the 78th district Missouri House Democratic primary race, after finding that the St. Louis Board of Election Commissioners collected almost 150 non-valid absentee mailed-in votes.
Donald Trump's attempts to appeal to black voters have mostly fallen flat ― his use of tragedy to suggest that he'll protect people from gun violence, for example, and his assertion that black voters have nothing to lose by voting for him. Perhaps unsurprisingly, his popularity with black voters has been hovering in the single digits.
Today, many municipalities in the northern part of St. Louis County are predominantly black. However, many of them were originally formed in the first half of the 20th century as white enclaves designed to keep blacks out. After the U.S.
ST. LOUIS ― The head of Ferguson's police dispatch tendered her resignation in a turbulent city council meeting this week, telling city officials that budgeting and staffing constraints have made it impossible to do her job. Shannon Dandridge, who worked for dispatch for 13 years, cried as she read from a letter she had submitted at the time of her Aug.
ST. LOUIS ― Civil rights lawyers sued 13 St. Louis-area cities in federal court on Tuesday, alleging they violated the constitutional rights of poor people by locking them in squalid jail cells in connection with minor traffic infractions ― a practice that contributed to the tension that boiled over in Ferguson two years ago after a police officer shot an 18-year-old to death.
Ferguson activist Josh Williams, 20, is incarcerated in the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Bonne Terre, Missouri, where convicted killers are executed.