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Annelise McGough

Audience Editor, News

Annelise McGough is our audience editor. She graduated from The New School with a degree in journalism and design. She started her work in journalism as the social media producer at Fast Company. More recently she led audience efforts at Grist as the growth and engagement editor.

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‘Get your free money, girl!’ Six tips to improve your financial health

Student loans. Investing. Home ownership. These are big financial issues that Mandi Woodruff and Tiffany Aliche, hosts of the podcast Brown Ambition, addressed during a recent Live with The 19th event.

Annelise McGough · April 30, 2021
‘I asked to be paid fairly and I was fired’: Pay gap stories from 19th readers on Equal Pay Day

Women still make about 82 cents for each dollar made by White men. Readers of The 19th shared their stories about when they realized they were paid less or advocated for more.

Annelise McGough · March 24, 2021
The 19th in 2020: A reading list

In our first year as a newsroom, we reported on America's first female recession, Kamala Harris' historic election and so much more.

Andrea Valdez, Annelise McGough · December 27, 2020
For the presidency and key races, election outcomes remain uncertain

States are continuing to process mail-in and absentee ballots, which surged this year.

Annelise McGough · November 3, 2020

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