Molly Knight Raskin Visits University of Oklahoma: USAID Cuts, Career Development for Young Journalists

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Journalist Molly Knight Raskin brings to the University of Oklahoma her reporting on the impacts of the Trump administration’s decision to shutter USAID. During her two-day visit, Raskin will also speak with students and faculty about her career trajectory and the state of the media today.

Cuts and Consequences: The End of USAID is Raskin’s Pulitzer Center-supported reporting project, completed in collaboration with grantees William Brangham and Fred de Sam Lazaro for PBS NewsHour. The project explores the impact of foreign aid freezes on global public health, with Raskin in particular investigating the immediate impact on several life-saving USAID programs in East and West Africa.

Raskin is a freelance journalist who writes and produces for television, documentary films, and newspapers. Her producing credits include reports for PBS NewsHour and the investigative documentary program FRONTLINE. Her documentary film credits include series for Netflix, National Geographic, and A&E.

Raskin will speak with students and faculty across OU’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication during courses including visual reporting, cross-platform reporting, business of media, and introduction to documentary. She also will meet with the OU Daily newsroom journalists.  

The University of Oklahoma is part of the Pulitzer Center’s Campus Consortium network.