Big thanks to International Women's Media Foundation, @RCFP and @CraigNewmark, for hosting an amazing journalism safety training last week where we learned how to prepare for, respond to & recover from potential threats to physical and digital safety while covering #Elections2024 . More: iwmf.org/newsroomsafety….
Covering this Cap Times Idea Fest panel tonight, moderated by Erin McGroarty (she/her)! Starts at 7 in Tripp Commons!
My latest: The money has been approved and the planning process is underway for two new emergency mental health centers in Wisconsin, but residents will have to wait for well over a year before the facilities will be open to help them.
captimes.com/news/governmen… via The Capital Times
Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) touched down in Wisconsin earlier on Thursday, arriving at MKE - Milwaukee Airport in Air Force 2.
Cap Times photo director @RuthieHauge and politics reporter Erin McGroarty (she/her) were on the scene to provide coverage.
Opioid treatment money stalled by anonymous Wisconsin legislator captimes.com/news/governmen… via The Capital Times
🗳️ What do you want the Cap Times to focus on this election season?
Join politics reporters Andrew Bahl & Erin McGroarty (she/her) at the Verona Public Library (WI) from 6-8 p.m. tonight to share your thoughts: captimes.com/news/elections….
📰 Join us in issuing a warm welcome to Erin McGroarty (she/her), who joined our newsroom in May to begin investigating disinformation and reporting on Madison’s tech industry.
👀 Keep an eye out for Erin's reporting and get to know her better at captimes.com/staff.
#Wisconsin hospitals admit they are cutting the breasts off minors, though, and are pumping them with hormones that could reduce their bone density or cause infertility, but that's not bad enough for you Erin McGroarty (she/her)
Scenes from the Gaza war protest at UW-Madison captimes.com/news/scenes-fr… via The Capital Times
You would argue minors' brains aren't developed enough to form adult judgment for criminal culpability yet you argue their brains are formed enough to mutilate their bodies as long as they see a therapist... incongruent Erin McGroarty (she/her).. prove us wrong
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood to resume abortion care in Wisconsin captimes.com/news/planned-p… via Erin McGroarty (she/her)
This week Andrew Bahl and I will be hosting more listening sessions to gather thoughts on what you'd like to see in our election coverage:
- April 30, 6-8pm, Verona Public Library
- May 2, 5:45-7:45, Madison Hawthorne Library
- May 3, 10am-12pm, Sun Prairie Beans n Cream Coffee
Erin McGroarty (she/her) So we’ll just stop having sex
Insist on a condom, even with birth control pills
I’d like to see self defense instructors give free classes for women
Teach women to not be afraid to fight back.
NEW from Erin McGroarty (she/her) and me: Less than two hours after the Dane County Board voted to make the county a trans sanctuary, the state’s GOP-led Joint Finance Committee approved a bill banning Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care. captimes.com/news/gop-seeks… via The Capital Times
Congratulations to Erin Gretzinger Christy Klein & Erin McGroarty (she/her), our third-place winners from UW–Madison. Their piece in Curb magazine explores past, present and future efforts, as well as challenges, to serve people with disabilities in Wisconsin. curbonline.com/?page_id=4656
