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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Child care advocates in Maine are calling on state legislators to reject Governor Janet Mills' proposed cuts to child care wage supports and to the Head Start program. -
The 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book says Maine scored below the national average in preschool enrollment, graduation rates and test scores. -
TRIO programs, which provide mentorship to first generation, low income students and those with disabilities, serve more than 7,500 students in the state, according to the Maine Educational Opportunity Association.
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The University of New England unveiled a new 110,000 square foot building for the state's only medical school Tuesday. -
An effort to open a Catholic high school in Auburn this fall following the closure of St. Dominic's Academy has been abandoned. -
The University of Maine System says the Trump administration has either terminated or paused more than $45 million in federal awards. -
The Fryeburg Fair will open a day early, overlapping with the Cumberland Fair after the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry determined earlier this month that they have no jurisdiction to stop them. -
Nearly half of Maine's driving fatalities in the last 3 years involved people not wearing seat beltsLast year, 126 people died in car accidents and 52 of them weren't wearing seat belts. -
MSAD 15 Superintendent Chanda Turner says the current teacher is retiring and district officials have tried in vain to find a replacement.
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The team set a new program record of 17 wins in a single season when they beat Wesleyan University 7-6 last Sunday.
