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.
-
Officials with the Cumberland fair continue to dispute a plan by organizers of the Fryeburg fair to expand their schedule. It would put the two fairs in direct competition on Saturday September 27. -
A judge has cleared the way for the Portland Museum of Art to demolish the former children's museum to make room for a proposed $100 million expansion. -
Cumberland Fair organizers are raising objections to the Fryeburg Fair's plan to open a day earlier than usual and overlap with the last and most popular day of the Cumberland Fair. -
UMaine officials announced Thursday that the flagship campus in Orono will pause all new offers of fellowships and teaching and research assistantships citing the uncertainty of state and federal funding. -
More than 3,000 fans braved rainy conditions last night to watch the inaugural match of Maine's new minor league soccer team. -
President Donald Trump's executive order today to dismantle the federal Department of Education may not be possible without congressional approval. -
The United States Department of Agriculture has concluded its review of the University of Maine System and determined it is in compliance with Title IX.
-
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery has been exempted from the civilian hiring freeze announced last month, following an updated directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. -
The programs provided $1.3 million to state, tribal, and territorial governments to purchase locally grown food and distribute it to food banks, schools, and child care centers. -
The Trump administration announced today that Greely High School and the Maine Principals' Association are in violation of federal Title IX discrimination law because they quote "allowed males to compete in sports reserved for girls.”
