Ginny Bixby

Ginny Bixby is a local government and politics reporter for The Banner in Montgomery County. She previously covered local government for Bethesda Today, where she was a senior reporter. At Bethesda Today, she reported on book censorship and legal challenges leading up to the U.S Supreme Court ruling on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in Montgomery County school curricula. She also conducted extensive reporting on gender policy and health care access issues affecting the county’s LGBTQIA+ residents. Before that, she covered local government and community issues in Charlottesville, Virginia, at The Daily Progress, where she led coverage of the city’s removal of Confederate statues and the aftermath of the Unite The Right rally. Ginny grew up in Manassas, Virginia, and is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. She has received awards from the Local Media Association, the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association and the Virginia Press Association for her reporting.