Journalism

Reported features and trenchant essays spanning health and wellness, business, culture, and lifestyle.

Mo is a freelance journalist and contributing editor for Experience Life, a national health and wellness magazine with a readership of more than 3 million.

She won the 2025 Folio Eddie Award for Best Health and Wellness Article for her reporting on integrative approaches to GLP-1s, and received honorable mentions in the 2023 and 2024 Folio Ozzie and Eddie Awards. Her writing has also received support from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council and the Everwood Farmstead Foundation.

"It's one thing to write beautifully, which Mo does. It's another to use that beauty as a medium of inquiry: to ask the hard questions and pull apart the philosophical knots that shape our choices. Her work is thoughtful and thorough research, woven with profound storytelling. It's so, so good."

Cecily Sommers
Futurist and author of Think Like a Futurist

"Mo writes stories that bring clarity, guidance, and potentially life-changing insights about health, in a voice that's intelligent, warm, and welcoming. Her willingness to cover thorny issues with compassion is what makes her more than a good reporter; she is a superb service journalist."

Courtney Helgoe
Executive editor, Experience Life magazine

Clips & Samples

Selected Work

A sampling of published essays and features across health, culture, and more.

Experience Life

Health & Wellness Features

Health & Wellness

Dozens of articles on health, wellness, and functional medicine as a contributing editor.

Tablet Magazine

The Screening Machine

Science

A reported essay on the nuances and tradeoffs of mammography screening

Tangle News

Show Your Face and Say What You Think

Culture

A personal essay on overcoming self-censorship in an era of chilled speech

Sensible Medicine

The Horseshoe Theory of Alternative and Conventional Care

Health & Wellness

An essay on the perils of excessive health optimization and disease detection

Minnesota Monthly

Feature Articles

Lifestyle

Dozens of feature articles for Minnesota Monthly Magazine.

The Atlantic

The Challenges of Being Transgender in a Nursing Home

Health

A look at the unique struggles transgender elders face in long-term care.

Elemental

What to Do if You Have the Coronavirus and Live Alone

Health

Practical guidance for isolating safely during a COVID-19 diagnosis.

Elemental

Should People with an Autoimmune Condition Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Health

A look at vaccine safety for people with autoimmune conditions.

Substack

The Unfurling

Essay

A newsletter of personal essays, published regulaly on Substack.

Star Tribune

OK, Boomer

Culture

An essay on generational tension between millennials and boomers.

Catapult

My Journey From Spare Parent to Stepmom

Personal Essay

A personal essay on blending families and becoming a stepmother.

Home & Design Magazine

Barn Raisers

Lifestyle

A feature on the restoration and transformation of an old barn into a performance space

North Mag

Rise of the North

Culture

A feature on Minnesota's creative and cultural renaissance.

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