She is the Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting at the University of Missouri.
[1] She has worked for USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
[2] Several awards were granted for her story "Ghost Factories" about the health effects of lead-contaminated soil.
[3] Young was president of Investigative Reporters and Editors.
[2] In 2023, she authored the book Pandora's Gamble Lab Leaks, Pandemics, and a World at Risk about the history of biological leaks from research institutions.