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.
Madi primarily reports on Education for Maine Public and can be reached at msmith@mainepublic.org for any and all story tips.
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 Crewe Center for the Arts includes a 200 seat performance hall, and more than two dozen Steinway pianos. -
Maine and 15 other states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for threatening to withhold sex education funding from programs that reference "gender ideology." -
State officials say Maine's unfilled school bus driver positions contribute to lost instructional time, higher overtime costs for schools and cancellation of extracurricular activities. -
During her initial stops, she's heard calls to expand free school meals to all Pre-K students, to increase child care workers' access to healthcare benefits, and to create more opportunities for students entering the field to work and study at the same time. -
Governor Janet Mills announced the creation of the Maine Life Sciences Center Thursday and almost $3 million dollars in grants for a new laboratory in Portland. -
The funding goes programs at the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Farmington that support low-income high school students and veterans in their pursuit of higher education. -
State authorities are still investigating the cause of a fire that killed two people Sunday on Portland's Munjoy Hill. The structure had been cited for previous fire code violations but repairs had been made to improve safety.
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Maine State Police say Jacob Brown sped off during a traffic stop before crashing into some woods. -
The first release of test results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress under the Trump administration reveals low scores across the country. -
The Maine Department of Labor announced Thursday that the state minimum wage will increase from $14.65 to $15.10 an hour.
