Journalist — Molly Duerig

Selected work produced for Spectrum News 13

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Safety expert says Florida's amusement ride laws need improvement

As families struggle to achieve homeownership, data prove the disparities

Orange County set to lose out on $23 million of emergency rental assistance

Lawsuits, spiking premiums create 'a circular problem' for Florida's home insurance market

Florida's child welfare agency struggles with high turnover, heavy caseloads

'Chaos': OUR Florida pays out landlord after Orange County renter was already evicted

A builder says the city allowed him to tear out a sewer line. Then the concerned phone calls began

'Still not up to code': Orlando rental company accused of scamming another family

"Instant fear": Melbourne tenants battle eviction, more than a year after being pressured to double-pay rent

"Heartbreaking" Sadowski fund shift could threaten housing for people with disabilities

"Don't write us off": Pine Hills public housing residents ready for new ownership, change

Other selected work:

Operation Agent Touch
The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU

I collaborated with a small team of reporters and editors to report on and produce a large-scale investigation about federal agents who engaged in sex acts with suspected sex trafficking victims at least 17 different times over a course of five months. Our project includes several multimedia elements, including an audio story I produced, videos/photos, an interactive timeline and an animated graphic. Our investigation was published by major national outlets including The Associated Press, The Washington Post and The New York Times.
🏆 Operation Agent Touch earned first prize in Online Reporting from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 11. The audio story I produced for the project also earned the Broadcast Education Association’s first-place award for Educational Audio Reporting.

Why U.S. pedestrian deaths are at their highest level in almost 30 years
PBS NewsHour

I shot and edited this PBS NewsHour segment, part of a wider investigation into the Sun Belt’s rising pedestrian fatality rates. My colleagues found strategic road design to be a key factor in eliminating crash risk.
🏆 This segment earned second prize in The Broadcast Education Association’s award for Television Hard News Reporting. It was also a finalist for In-Depth Reporting and Breaking Television News Reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Region 11.

“How Phoenix is tackling record high temperatures”

I co-produced this video segment about city-led efforts to combat the urban heat island effect for Arizona PBS. It aired as a project of Elemental, a sustainability journalism project comprised of several public radio and TV stations in the West.