Mᴏʟʟʏ Osʙᴇʀɢ
I’m a writer on the East Coast with an interest in crime, labor, technology, and the American health care system. You can reach me at molly.osberg [at] gmail.com.
Recently I’ve reported on hangover-cure startups pivoting to covid-19 testing, the tyranny of luxury medical care, and the doctors behind a medical myth that state lawmakers endorsed.
I was a reporter with the Special Projects Desk, Gizmodo Media’s investigative team, until it was unceremoniously dissolved. Now I work for Jezebel, a supposedly feminist website. Before all that I made coffee and freelanced for publications including The New Republic, The Guardian, GQ, and N+1. I was also the managing editor of the short-lived but excellent Cluster Mag. My work has been nominated for a Writers Guild of America award and anthologized in the Best American Science and Nature Writing collection.
Essays and Reporting
An American healthcare nightmare
Wʜᴇɴ Yᴏᴜʀ Fʀᴇᴇᴅᴏᴍ Dᴇᴘᴇɴᴅs ᴏɴ ᴀɴ Aᴘᴘ
How “sloppy” code terrorizes parolees
The first week of lockdown in New Orleans through the eyes of a teacher, a public health official, an activist, a bartender, and one of the first nurses to treat a confirmed covid-19 patient
Hᴏᴡ ᴛᴏ Gᴇᴛ Fɪʟᴛʜʏ Rɪᴄʜ ɪɴ Aᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ Wɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ Aɴʏᴏɴᴇ Kɴᴏᴡɪɴɢ Yᴏᴜʀ Nᴀᴍᴇ
Tracing how a Right Wing donor consolidated his wealth, undetected. Part of the “Billionaire’s Inbox” series
Tʜᴇ Sᴘᴏᴏᴋʏ, Lᴏᴏsᴇʟʏ Rᴇɢᴜʟᴀᴛᴇᴅ Wᴏʀʟᴅ ᴏғ Oɴʟɪɴᴇ Tʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏ
The limits of health privacy laws in a ballooning industry
Tɪᴀ, ᴛʜᴇ Bᴏᴜᴛɪᴏ̨ᴜᴇ Gʏɴᴏ, Wᴀɴᴛs ᴀ Wʜᴏʟᴇ Lᴏᴛ ᴏғ Dᴀᴛᴀ
What is this members-only women’s health startup for?
Pʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ, Uɴɪɴsᴜʀᴇᴅ, ᴀɴᴅ Aᴅʀɪғᴛ
The cost of giving birth in an unreasonable country
A Gʟɪᴍᴘsᴇ Iɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Bᴜʀᴇᴀᴜᴄʀᴀᴛɪᴄ Hᴇʟʟ ᴏғ Dᴇɴʏɪɴɢ Hᴇᴀʟᴛʜ Iɴsᴜʀᴀɴᴄᴇ Cʟᴀɪᴍs
Interviews with the people on the other side of the phone
Blogs
Wᴇ Mᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ Wʜᴇʀᴇ Nᴇᴡ Yᴏʀᴋᴇʀs Aʀᴇ Sɴɪᴛᴄʜɪɴɢ Aʙᴏᴜᴛ Tʜᴇɪʀ Nᴇɪɢʜʙᴏʀs' Sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ Dɪsᴛᴀɴᴄɪɴɢ