Kelly Marie Moffitt is an undergraduate student at University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. She is double-majoring in Print Journalism and History through the Annenberg School for Communication. She graduated in May 2008 from Clayton High School in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Notable accomplishments:

– Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle Award; 11th grade;

    1st place newspaper article in “news” category (out of 13,000

    applicants)

– Editor in Chief of The Globe newspaper of Clayton High School, a

    full-size, 28 page, color newspaper that ran monthly from April 2007-

    May 2008

– Al Neuharth Free Spirit Scholarship and Conference 2008 winner.

    Moffitt was the female representative for the state of Missouri. Finalist

    (of 10) for the $50.000 scholarship

– Journalism Educator Association’s National Write Off Competition;

    Ranking of Superior for Commentary Writing (highest possible); 12th

    grade

– Journalism Educator’s Association ¨Journalist of the Year” Award

    recipient for Missouri (one winner); on of 28 semi-finalists for

    “Journalist of the Year” for the nation; 12th grade

– Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s Gold Circle/ Honorable

    Mention  for package design of “Kool Kids?”; 12th grade

Moffitt is now working for The Daily Trojan, USC’s daily college newspaper, as a news reporter. Likewise, she is designing for the University’s yearbook, El Rodeo, and is a literary editor for the only literary magazine on campus, Paláver. In her spare time, Moffitt enjoys exploring Los Angeles, traveling, identifying random people in movies, collaging, and learning how to “fight on” as to illicit a response from, well, anybody.

After earning her undergraduate degree, Moffitt hopes to return to Mozambique to serve in the Peace Corps. After, she hopes to serve as foreign correspondent anywhere the winds take her before settling down as a columnist in her hometown of Saint Louis, Missouri.

Articles written for Daily Trojan can be found here.

Articles written for Clayton High School Globe, from September 2004 to May 2008, can be found here.

Want to reach her? Send an e-mail here.

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