[1] In 2003, McCammon graduated from Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Communication and a minor in History.
She spent one semester at Oxford University, where she mostly studied general European history, Shakespeare, early Christianity, and old Anglo-Saxon poetry.
[5] In 2004, McCammon transitioned to radio when she joined Nebraska Public Media, where she worked as a reporter and producer.
[9] McCammon was part of a team of NPR journalists that received a first-place National Press Club award in 2019 for their coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue attack.
[10] “With Abortion Restrictions On The Rise, Some Women Induce Their Own”, a story McCammon produced in 2020, led to a Gracie Award for News Feature.