Political reporter, analyst, commentator and author
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A prominent voice on U.S. politics, Molly Ball is a veteran political reporter, analyst, commentator and author. She most recently served as the senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal. She is the author of "Pelosi," the first biography written with the former House speaker’s cooperation and is currently working on a book about America's political realignment to be published in 2027.

Prior to joining the Journal, Ball was the national political correspondent for Time. She previously reported for The Atlantic, Politico, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and the Las Vegas Sun. She has worked for newspapers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Cambodia, as well as The New York Times and The Washington Post.

Ball is the recipient of the Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, the Gerald R. Ford Prize for Distinguished Reporting on the Presidency, the Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism and the Lee Walczak Award for Political Analysis for her coverage of political campaigns.

A graduate of Yale University, she was a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan in 2009-2010. Ball grew up in Idaho and Colorado. She lives in Virginia with her husband and three children.