NPF Selects 25 Journalists for 2023 Statehouse Reporting Fellowship
25 Journalists to Meet in Madison, WI for Four-Day Training on Statehouse Reporting
Updated Thu Aug 17, 2023

The National Press Foundation is excited to welcome 25 journalists to its Statehouse Reporting Fellowship in Madison, Wisconsin, Sept. 18-21, 2023. This year’s class has been drawn from newsrooms across the country. And Wisconsin, a perennial battleground state, is the ideal venue to examine a host of issues confronting state lawmakers, and the country at large: from the politics of abortion and election integrity to redistricting and growing challenges to LGBTQ rights. In keeping with NPF’s mission to “make good journalists better,” the four-day training features a team of expert speakers and instructors to help guide journalists through the thicket that is the legislative process, where hard-ball politics makes the job of accountability and the search for the truth even tougher. NPF offers this professional development opportunity for journalists to enhance skills, increase knowledge and recharge their reporting.

The journalists are: 

Trisha Ahmed | The Associated Press | Minnesota

Haley BeMiller | USA Today Network Ohio Bureau | Ohio

Randy Billings | Portland Press Herald – Maine Sunday Telegram | Maine

Lonyae Coulter | The Kansas City Defender | Missouri

Alex Degman | Chicago Public Media / WBEZ | Illinois

Ben Giles | KJZZ 91.5FM | Arizona

Samantha Gross | The Boston Globe | Massachusetts

Monica Harkins | WDRB | Kentucky

Clara Hendrickson | The Detroit Free Press | Michigan

Raga Justin | Albany Times Union | New York

Jack Kelly | Wisconsin Watch | Wisconsin

Jahd Khalil | VPM News | Virginia

Lynn La | CalMatters | California

Sanya Mansoor | TIME Magazine | New York

Sarah Mearhoff | VTDigger | Vermont

William Melhado | The Texas Tribune | Texas

Blair Miller | Daily Montanan (States Newsroom) | Montana

Maggie Mullen | WyoFile | Wyoming

Sophie Nieto-Munoz | New Jersey Monitor (States Newsroom) | New Jersey

Maya Prabhu | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Georgia

Ryan Suppe | Idaho Statesman | Idaho

Dawn Vaughan | The News & Observer | North Carolina

JC Whittington | Politico | Washington, D.C.

Hannah Wiley | The Los Angeles Times | California

Randy Yohe | West Virginia Public Broadcasting | West Virginia

This program is funded by Arnold Ventures. NPF is solely responsible for the content.

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