About Me
Mary Ramsey
Born in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lives & works in Charlotte, NC
I'm a multimedia journalist currently working as the local government accountability and politics reporter for The Charlotte Observer, covering Mecklenburg County, state and national politics and more. I was among the Observer reporters named finalists for a Pulitzer Prize in 2025 for our coverage of the devastation in Western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene.
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In addition to my time in Charlotte, I've had the honor of working at The (Louisville) Courier Journal at a time when the staff won the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News in 2020 and followed that up with placing as a finalist in 2021 for another Pulitzer. I was an intern at The Arizona Republic through the prestigious Dow Jones News Fund program.
I also care far too much about my beloved South Carolina Gamecocks and Atlanta Braves. When not working, I'm probably reading, running or yelling Jeopardy! answers at the TV.