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https://twitter.com/SarahWhitesk

Sarah Whites-Koditschek joined the Center in 2018 as the Wisconsin Public Radio Mike Simonson Memorial Investigative Reporting Fellow. Previously Sarah worked as a Little Rock-based reporter covering healthcare, education, and politics for Arkansas Public Media, a statewide journalism project she initiated and helped launch in 2016. Her stories have aired on American Public Media’s Marketplace and on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She has also reported and produced news for WHYY in Philadelphia. Sarah is a graduate of the Columbia School of Journalism where she earned a Master’s degree at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. She has won a first place PRNDI and a Regional Edward R. Murrow award, and is a member of IRE, SPJ, RTDNA, JAWS, and AIR. She is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Fainting and freezing in the fields: Alleged labor trafficking victim tells of mistreatment in Wisconsin and Georgia

by Alexandra Hall and Sarah Whites-Koditschek September 8th, 2019February 24th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

‘Roberto’ says he was taken from Georgia, where he worked legally but was exploited, to Wisconsin, where he worked illegally — and in the shadows.

Posted inEnvironment

Great Lakes freighters may have to treat ballast water to curb invasives

by Jim Malewitz and Sarah Whites-Koditschek August 27th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Government

Solar flare-up: Utility blocks Iowa firm from harnessing the sun in Milwaukee

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek July 7th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment, Health & Welfare

Climate change causes ‘roller coaster’ mercury levels in Wisconsin fish

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek June 9th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inEconomy, Environment, Health & Welfare

Proposal for 24 wind turbines whips up controversy in rural Wisconsin

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek April 14th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare

Most nitrate, coliform in Kewaunee County wells tied to animal waste

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek and Coburn Dukehart February 28th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment

Massive Wisconsin solar proposal splits farmers and clean energy fans

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek January 27th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inEnvironment

Former DNR employee: Staff pressured to OK Kohler golf course on rare Wisconsin wetlands and state park

by Sarah Whites-Koditschek November 11th, 2018January 18th, 2019

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