Mallory Moench is a senior journalist at BBC News, where she writes and edits global breaking news for the website. She previously worked as a reporter for TIME in London, covering general news.

With five years of reporting experience in the U.S., she covered major stories including protests, wildfires, crime, and elections. As a beat reporter in San Francisco, she focused on the mayor, city government, and social issues such as homelessness, drug policies, and mental illness. She also covered immigration in New York and politics in Alabama with the Associated Press.

Her international reporting spans the UK, India, Sweden, Israel, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Djibouti. She has freelanced for Al Jazeera, NBC News, and others, covering diverse topics such as the impact of Trump’s travel ban on Yemeni-Americans in Djibouti and a Delhi High Court case debating marital rape.

Recently, she co-authored a BBC News article on the massive power outage in Spain and Portugal, detailing how the blackout affected transportation, businesses, and daily life across multiple countries.