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Mary Wiltenburg (born July 6, 1976) is an American journalist based inBaltimore,Maryland.
Wiltenburg was born July 6, 1976, inRochester, New York. She is the daughter ofCandace O'Connor and the niece ofKyrie O'Connor. She is a 1998 graduate ofSwarthmore College with a degree in English.[citation needed]
Wiltenburg's freelance reporting and photography have appeared inThe Christian Science Monitor,Der Spiegel,The Boston Globe, andGrist, and her multimedia and broadcast work onNightline,This American Life, andMorning Edition. She started her journalism career atSeattleNPR affiliate KUOW andThis American Life, before joining the staff ofThe Christian Science Monitor from 2001 to 2004, where she covered prison education, clergy sexual abuse, the aftermath of theRwandan genocide, and the dawn of marriage equality inMassachusetts.[1]