Molly Crane-Newman is a journalist based in New York City. A staff reporter at the Daily News, she focuses on Manhattan’s state and federal courts. Previously, she reported thousands of stories as a breaking news correspondent for the Metro section from 2015 to 2018.

She has covered some sensational New York trials from the courtroom, including those of President Donald Trump, prolific drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, and former Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. She extensively reported on the public corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams and the revolt within the Justice Department when the Trump administration intervened to drop the charges.

Some of her exclusive work includes coverage of the city’s mental health courts and their barriers to entry, including reporting on the systemic neglect that led to the Rikers Island suicide of Michael Nieves, the 13th New Yorker to die waiting for trial in 2022. Throughout the first 18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, she scrutinized the intricacies of New York’s judicial system in reports that exposed the impacts of the city and state’s lack of preparedness.

Her photography and videography have illustrated many of her news stories and frequently appear in major media outlets via the Tribune wire service. She’s appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, NPR, MSNBC, the BBC, and ABC, among others, to discuss her coverage.

Molly was born in Northern California, grew up in Dublin, Ireland, and called Barcelona home for several years. She lives in Manhattan.   

For more work samples, contact mollycranenewman@gmail.com or visit Molly’s Daily News byline page. And see her Instagram.