Amelia Monroe is an experienced political journalist, with an emphasis on economic and environmental policy. She seeks a job in congressional, political or policy reporting after graduating with a double major in journalism and economics from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University in May 2026. 

She most recently covered Arizona politics and local news for KJZZ, the National Public Radio member station serving the Phoenix-Tucson area. 

While at KJZZ, Monroe produced daily radio segments on a wide range of topics, including a series of stories covering the possible implications of the President Donald Trump-backed SAVE America Act. 

Last Summer, Monroe worked as an editorial intern at the National Journal in Washington, D.C. From dissecting the political strategies of congressional Democrats and Republicans, covering executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, and writing up stories on the latest candidate to launch their campaign in House races across the country, her days consisted of all things national politics. 

The first half of her internship was with the National Journal Daily, the congressional arm of the publication. For the Daily she wrote breaking and in-depth articles, including a story on how Trump's immigration crackdown was impacting small businesses in rural communities. This story landed her the opportunity to speak on POTUS Politics, The Julie Mason Show. (Take a listen on the Radio Hits page!)

Half way through the internship she switched over to the Hotline team. Her days were no longer spent stalking members and Senators in the U.S. Congress. Instead, her focus transitioned to the ebbs and flows of congressional and state-level campaigns. Monroe contributed to daily news aggregation for the Hotline’s daily newsletter, the Latest Edition and helped advance the configuration of their quarterly power rankings, which analyzes the top ten Senate and top 20 House races most likely to flip parties in upcoming elections. She participated in the conduction of deep-background interviews of political action and congressional campaign committee officials, which acted as the foundation of her and her colleagues' power ranking analysis. By the end of the internship she amassed over 82 solo- and co-bylines.

Right before joining National Journal, Monroe was named a Society of Environmental Journalists Fellow. She was selected from a pool of journalists by The Arizona Republic to cover SEJ's annual conference, which took place in Phoenix, Arizona in April 2025. She completed on-the-ground coverage of various panels and a tour of the Palo Verde Generating Station, one of the nation's largest nuclear power plants. 

Monroe was a sustainability beat reporter and congressional correspondent for Cronkite News, an Arizona PBS affiliate outlet, during elections in fall 2024. Cronkite's D.C. bureau is the sole Arizona-based publication in Washington. So, Monroe was one of the only sustainability reporters providing regional coverage on environmental policy to Arizonans.    

She covered breaking news, like Arizona Democrats' response to Republican claims of FEMA funding being tied to the promotion of illegal immigration in August 2024, and wrote longer investigations, like her probe into chemical contamination linked to a Tucson, Arizona military base, which prompted a response and action from the U.S. Air Force. Monroe also contributed to the publication's Election Day coverage of the 2024 presidential election, writing a series of stories on abortion ballot measures across the country, including an analysis piece on if former Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign focus on abortion dwindled her election odds.

Monroe is a knowledgable and experienced reporter who isn't afraid to tackle any story thrown her way.