Hi! I’m Sophie. I’m a reporter and fact-checker from St. Louis, Missouri, living in Brooklyn.
I started my career as an education and criminal justice reporter for the St. Louis American. After that, I worked as a fact-checker for New York Magazine and The Nation. Right now, I’m an editorial fellow at Mother Jones covering politics and social movements, and I’m writing about defense contractors for Inkstick Media.
Recently, I’ve written about asylum-seekers in Brooklyn, defense contractors in upstate New York, trans kids fleeing Mississippi, political memoir as revisionist history, big money in Midwest politics, Jewish anti-war activists, pro-war galas, conspiracy theorists on school boards, and pinball in small-town Illinois, among other things.
My reporting has been recognized with Missouri Press Association and NLGJA awards.
I am also a seasoned researcher. I’ve fact-checked Pulitzer-winning literary criticism, think-tank reports, one Mafia documentary, and too many podcast episodes to count. Outlets I’ve worked with include Grist, Vox, MuckRock, WNYC, and The Wall Street Journal.
I received my BA in history and environmental studies from Wellesley College.
