Ivy Scott
Engagement Reporter | The Marshall ProjectAt The Marshall Project - St. Louis, Ivy Scott has two primary responsibilities: ensuring that the organization’s work addresses topics that matter to Missourians, and determining the most effective ways to communicate that work to the community — especially those most impacted by the criminal justice system.
Previously, she was a reporter at The Boston Globe, most recently covering climate solutions in New England. Her earlier roles at the Globe included reporting on state courts, police accountability, the Massachusetts Department of Corrections, and the state attorney general’s office.
Scott was a 2024 Livingston Awards finalist for her narrative reporting on the aftermath of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, and received a Society for Features Journalism award for a podcast miniseries she hosted based on her reporting on dating and love in prison.
She studied international journalism at Brown University and is nearly fluent in French.
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Without enough resources to meet their needs, families of homicide victims say, years later, they're still struggling to cope. -
The multimedia art installation and reporting project features six original portraits by local artist Cbabi Bayoc, inspired by a years-long investigation by St. Louis Public Radio, APM Reports and The Marshall Project into the more than 1,000 unsolved homicides over the last decade. -
In this guide, families who have lost someone to violence in St. Louis share what did — and did not — help them rebuild their lives after a tragic loss. -
In St. Louis, people whose loved ones were killed said they didn’t know what to expect from the police. This guide explains the process. -
For those whose loved ones were killed in St. Louis, the investigative process could be improved with empathy, better communication and frequent updates.
