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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
I published more than 70 state politics, education and government accountability stories as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Capitol Bureau Intern from June to August 2023 and Student Misinformation Fellow from September to December 2023. My work included multiple investigations, exclusive scoops and narratives that brought politics to life. These are my favorite clips.
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July 31, 2023
Madison, WI
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I spent weeks investigating government accountability issues and legal gray areas on executive orders resulting from Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ decision not to restore a public records tracking website four years after he took it down and promised to explore alternatives.
August 9, 2023
Madison, WI
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I interviewed the Republican Party of Wisconsin chair and youth organizers on college campuses from both the Democratic and Republican parties to examine how the Wisconsin GOP planned to court a growing and powerful bloc of youth voters in what could be a tipping point state in the 2024 presidential election — and why the party's own members could jeopardize that effort.
PHOTO: TYLER KATZENBERGER/JOURNAL SENTINEL
PHOTO: MK DENTON/DAILY CARDINAL
July 14, 2023
Madison, WI
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My investigation uncovered the truth about a state law Wisconsin Republicans hailed as a ban on DEI initiatives in local governments. I contacted over a dozen local officials and combed existing state and federal law to discover the law had no effect.
August 18, 2023
Madison, WI
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Wisconsin has some of the strictest expungement laws in the nation, meaning those convicted of low-level, nonviolent crimes often struggle to find stable housing or employment. A bipartisan bill that would expand expungement eligibility, but it has a tough road to becoming law.
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PHOTO: TYLER KATZENBERGER/JOURNAL SENTINEL
August 15, 2023
Madison, WI
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Randy Koschnick, former director of state courts, filed a now-rejected ethics complaint against the Wisconsin Supreme Court's new liberal majority over legal concerns about the judge hired to replace him after the liberal justices fired him. I published this story as a scoop for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
August 3, 2023
Madison, WI
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I served as print press pooler for the White House Correspondents Association and rode in the motorcade when Vice President Kamala Harris made multiple stops in Wisconsin to tout Biden administration broadband efforts.
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June 15, 2023
Madison, WI
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My exclusive scoop for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed that a bill presented as a bipartisan solution to Wisconsin's stagnating third-grade reading scores was in actuality quite divisive. My reporting sparked renewed negotiations between Republican lawmakers and the Evers administration that eventually got a phonics-based literacy bill over the finish line.
July 5, 2023
Milwaukee, WI
(with Kelly Meyerhofer)
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Following weeks of demands from Republican lawmakers that the University of Wisconsin System cut diversity programs to ward off a $32 million budget cut, Kelly and I interviewed UW students to hear their perspectives on the programs and GOP attacks.
PHOTO: ANGELA PETERSON/JOURNAL SENTINEL
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November 3, 2023
La Crosse, WI
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As a misinformation fellow for the Journal Sentinel, I pursued opportunities for original reporting, even if it meant driving two hours on a weeknight. Here, I traveled with a former state senator dedicated to dispelling election lies while some of her fellow Republicans spread them. This article encapsulates her mission and worries from election workers that a nightmare scenario could play out in 2024 without change.
November 27, 2023
Madison, WI
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Following a report that Gov. Tony Evers used an alias email address for public business, I investigated how other governors used alias emails. I found the practice, while not always condoned, was a common email management tactic used by Wisconsin governors.
PHOTO: TYLER KATZENBERGER/DAILY CARDINAL