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Cara Kelly Adjunct Instructor SOC Faculty

Contact
Cara Kelly
SOC | General Academics & Research
Main 猫咪社区app
Degrees
M.A. Journalism and Public Affairs, 猫咪社区app University

B.A. Journalism, Appalachian State University

B.S. Political Science, Appalachian State University

Bio
Cara Kelly is the editor-at-large at the Investigative Reporting Workshop and
an adjunct journalism professor at 猫咪社区app University鈥檚 School of Communications. She spent nearly five years on 猫咪社区appA Today鈥檚 investigations team, where she published more than a dozen front-page articles exposing institutional sexual abuse and harassment. She also served as entertainment editor for the paper at the height of the Me Too movement. Kelly was previously a digital editor at The Washington Post and an inaugural member of the Emerging News Products team. Her work has been published in hundreds of newspapers across the country, including the Arizona Republic, Detroit Free Press, Indianapolis Star and Cincinnati Enquirer.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.

Teaching

Fall 2024

  • COMM-719 Longform Storytelling

Spring 2025

  • COMM-320 Reporting

  • COMM-425 Advanced Reporting