Madi Smith
Emerging Voices Journalism FellowJournalist Madi Smith is Maine Public's Emerging Voices Journalism Fellow this year and is sponsored by support from the Abbagadassett Foundation.
Originally from Woodinville, Washington, Madi got her start in journalism working for her high school paper, The EC Insider. She graduated with a Business Management degree from The Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University where she minored in Journalism and Political Science.
Her senior year, Madi worked as a Sports Reporter for her college paper, The Santa Clara, but got a chance to write for every section in the paper by the end of her tenure there.
Madi is a huge sports fan, especially for all her Seattle teams. She is so excited to have the opportunity to work for Maine Public and explore reporting, and life, on the other coast.
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The U.S. Department of Education is withholding an estimated $25 million in grant funding from Maine public schools "to ensure resources are spent in accordance with the President's priorities." -
Nurses rallied in Portland today against the proposed Medicaid cuts in the budget bill that they say prevent thousands of Mainers from receiving the care they need. -
District leaders say declining enrollment, the difficulty of maintaining school infrastructure, and the increasing local cost of education are all contributing factors. -
The settlement is effective today, July 1st, and allows colleges and universities to pay athletes directly in addition to providing them with athletic scholarships. -
Maine Equal Justice is joining national advocacy groups to express concern over the health care implications of the senate's proposed budget bill.
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During a virtual press conference Tuesday, Advocates raised concerns about possible cuts to funding for family planning services other than abortion, and about federal Medicaid restrictions that Planned Parenthood of Northern New England calls a "back door abortion ban.” -
The city of Westbrook partnered with the Intercultural Community Center, a nonprofit serving new Mainers, to host the city's 4th annual Juneteenth celebration. -
Leslie Trundy at Morse High School in Bath has been piloting a program that takes kids out into nature rather than sitting inside for a traditional detention. -
While more than 20 school districts across the state saw their budgets approved Tuesday, some will have to go back to the drawing board. -
Portland K-12 students will not be allowed to have or use their phones during the day after the school board Tuesday unanimously passed a controversial bell-to-bell cellphone ban to begin in the fall.
