Margo Snipe

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United States

Freelance Journalist

2024-2025

Margo Snipe is a freelance writer based in Florida. For years, her writing has covered critical issues affecting the mental and physical health of Black Americans. Snipe has investigated how racial bias in medicine impacts our lives and identified inequities in the American health care system. In 2024, she was named a Livingston Award finalist for a series that exposed the regulatory system partially to blame for Georgia’s alarming maternal death rates. She is formerly Capital B’s national health reporter, and, before that, worked at the Tampa Bay Times. In 2022, Snipe was recognized by SPJ Florida with the Outstanding New Journalist award. She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Topic

Exploring the untold stories of Black maternal mental health, centering on those who are disproportionately vulnerable to psychological disorders related to pregnancy, such as depression and anxiety.