Mary Jo Murphy
Washington, D.C.
Deputy Democracy editor
Education: University of Virginia, BA in English language and literature; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, MS
Mary Jo Murphy is a deputy editor on the Democracy team at The Washington Post. She was previously an editor in the Outlook section, and before that an editor for more than 20 years at The New York Times. She was also an editor at the New York Daily News, Us magazine and Travel + Leisure magazine, and a features reporter at The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Va.