NEWS CLIPS
Cap Times
I published more than 30 news stories as an intern and then freelancer with The Capital Times from June 2022 to February 2024. I was a general assignment reporter whose coverage included local news, politics, features, arts, business and restaurant journalism. Here are some of my favorite clips.
February 28, 2024
Madison, WI
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The freelance project, my second cover story for the Cap Times, examined how local leaders planned an equitable neighborhood revitalization with conscious intent to avoid injustices during past redevelopments.
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PHOTO: RUTHIE HAUGE/CAP TIMES
August 16, 2022
Madison, WI
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My food standards investigation uncovered the truth behind a messy cheese fight at the nation's largest producer-only farmers market.
August 24, 2022
Madison, WI
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In my cover story for The Capital Times, I investigated why the University of Wisconsin-Madison ranked last in overall sustainability among self-identified peer institutions by interviewing staff and student leaders
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PHOTO: RUTHIE HAUGE/CAP TIMES
March 9, 2023
Madison, WI
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This freelance story for The Capital Times captured bitter divides among Methodists at a Madison-area church amid a national United Methodist Church schism over LGBTQ+ rights.
July 26, 2022
Madison, WI
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Wisconsin politicians are increasingly using comedic TikTok videos to engage young voters ahead of elections. I asked why and discovered what it takes for a political to go viral on the platform.
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July 8, 2022
Madison, WI
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A shooter who attacked a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb, seriously contemplated carrying out a second attack in Madison. For University of Wisconsin Hillel Rabbi Andrea Steinberger and her husband Greg, that possibility was their reality.
July 19, 2022
Madison, WI
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In this enterprise story, I investigated why Madison had few mid-level electric vehicle charging stations as well as the barriers preventing more charging stations from being installed in apartment buildings.
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