Molly Stout is a New York-based writer, editor, and digital media strategist with over 18 years of experience. She began her career by jumping in a town car with Patrick McMullan en route to the 2004 Winter Wonderland Ball as an editorial assistant for Absolute magazine. She has written and edited profiles, breaking news, lifestyle, fashion, and beauty stories in her full-time roles at VH1 News, Gawker, the NY Daily News, Refinery29, Cosmopolitan, InStyle, and POPSUGAR. Since 2016, Molly has focused on brand building, audience development, content strategy, management, and cross-platform digital growth. She enjoys stories: telling them, listening to them, packaging them, and making sure as many people as possible will read them, too.