For my final project for an online journalism class I took this fall, I decided to cover the Athens County Humane Society and the work they do to control the cat population in Athens, where there is a huge number of stray and feral cats. See the original video and story here.
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This election, 26 local issues appeared on the ballots in Athens County. All but two of them passed.
Like last year, I contributed to The New Political’s voters guide. This year I wrote blurbs about Ohio’s 30th District State Senate candidates Lou Gentile and Frank Hoagland, Ohio House of Representatives candidates Sarah Grace and Jay Edwards, and several unopposed candidates running for offices in Athens County and Athens proper. The full voters’ guide can be viewed here.
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Actor Tony Goldwyn visited Athens on Sunday afternoon to express his support for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Goldwyn, who plays President Fitzgerald Grant on ABC’s “Scandal,” addressed a small group of local political activists in the driveway of a Graham Drive home, encouraging them to continue getting people to vote early and sharing his personal reasons for supporting Clinton.
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The New Political has put together a voters’ guide for the November 2015 city and state elections. As state editor, I contributed the blurbs for state Issues 1, 2 and 3. See the full guide here.
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