top of page

Resume

Mary McDonagh Murphy
Mary Murphy & Company, LLC
128 Revolutionary Road
Scarborough, New York 10510
914-923 3037 | mary@marymurphy.net

​

2012-2013

Producer/writer, feature magazine stories for NBC’s RockCenter with Brian Williams;
Director/Producer Bookshelf with Frank Delaney (show pilot)

Director/Writer Clifford the Big Red Dog anniversary features (Scholastic), exhibit videos Associated Press, Harper Collins


2011

Writer/Director/Producer, Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird, released theatrically in 18 cities, reviewed by New York Times, LA Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, aired nationally on PBS American Masters, April 1 2012


2010

Author, Scout, Atticus & Boo: A Celebration of Fifty Years of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Collins, NY Times best-seller


2009

Writer/Director, Cry for Help, about adolescent depression and suicide, for WNET, aired nationally on PBS

Creator/Director/Writer Big Break (reality show pilot about teenagers and big name mentors)


2008

Producer, magazine pieces, CNBC, exhibit videos for Abrams publishing, Random House, Associated Press


2006-2007

Writer/Producer, Digital Days, narrated by Tom Brokaw, Associated Press


2005

Senior Producer, Wife Swap, RDF-USA/ABC


2004

Senior Broadcast Producer, 60 MINUTES Wednesday


2003-2004

Senior Producer CBS News coverage of Iraq war and politics


1999 – 2003

Senior Broadcast Producer, CBS SUNDAY MORNING


2000

Senior Broadcast Producer, CBS ENTERTAINMENT “GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN:” One-hour prime time special


1999

Producer, 60 MINUTES


1998

Senior Producer, PUBLIC EYE with BRYANT GUMBEL


1998

Executive Producer, BEFORE YOUR EYES: One-hour documentary on deportation fight over three former members of the IRA


1995 – 1997

Senior Producer, 48 HOURS


1993 – 1994

John S. Knight Fellow, STANFORD UNIVERSITY


1990 – 1993

Producer, 48 HOURS


1987 – 1990

Producer, CBS THIS MORNING: New York/London

​

1986

Producer, RAI-TV: Italian Television Network


1985

Freelance Writer: Articles published in New York MagazineEast Side Express, New York Daily News, Family Weekly, Adweek, Chicago Tribune


1983 – 1985

Assistant Editor, Newsweek


1981-1983

Reporter, New York Post


AWARDS:

Six Emmys; Edward R. Murrow; National Association of Black Journalists; Silver Gavel


EDUCATION:


1981

Wesleyan University: BA, Literature, Middletown, CT

© 2025 by Mary Murphy. All rights reserved.

bottom of page