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PLCA - Michael Macagnone
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Pennsylvania Legislative Correspondents' Association. I served as a rotating intern for six different publications covering Pennsylvania’s capitol. Covered sales tax changes, billion-dollar tax credit deals and budget negotiations among other issues from May to July 2012. This included stints at The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, the Harrisburg Patriot News, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Allentown Morning Call and Capitolwire.com. Colleges turn to lobbyists to fend off cuts.
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citypaper - Michael Macagnone
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Pittsburgh City Paper internship. During the summer of 2011, I have worked as the news intern for Pittsburgh City Paper, the news weekly for the steel city. My duties there included writing stories for the weekly news section, pitching my own stories and doing research for others' projects. Here are a few clips from my time there:. Economics 101: Students heading back to class for first time since Corbett budget cuts. Service Disruption: State budget cuts affecting county homeless programs.
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G20 Summit - Michael Macagnone
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G20 Summit in Pittsburgh, Sept. 24 and 25, 2009.
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The Pitt News - Michael Macagnone
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The Pitt News is the daily student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh, with a circulation of 13,000, a staff of 14 editors and 100 writers, photographers and designers. The newspaper covers campus events, along with issues of interest to college students in Pittsburgh. Since September 2008 at The Pitt News, I've covered everything from riots and elections to video games and players going to the NFL draft. A full list of stories is available here.
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The Trentonian - Michael Macagnone
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Since August 2012, I have been the Hamilton and Robbinsville reporter for The Trentonian newspaper, a daily newspaper in Trenton, New Jersey. As part of my beat I have covered the town's governing council, school board, community and crime. Hamilton, by the way, is one of the largest suburbs in the state of New Jersey, and dealing with a number of issues, including the changing nature of the community, rising violent crime and an ongoing corruption scandal.
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Editor in Chief - Michael Macagnone
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My year as Editor in Chief. In spring 2012, an anonymous - and yet to be caught - person or people began making a string of bomb threats against University of Pittsburgh buildings. From February to the end of April we received more than 100 bomb threats at all hours of the day and night. I coordinated coverage that kept us abreast and ahead of national news outlets on the story. A transcript of my interview with CNN's Brooke Baldwin can be found here. Our April Fools edition and the individual.
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Calkins Media - Michael Macagnone
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From July 2013 to March 2014, I worked two beats at the Intelligencer newspaper in Doylestown, Penn. They included coverage of Doylestown and its surrounding communities, and the Central Bucks School District. The district includes more than 20,000 students, and is one of the largest in the state. I also covered the night police news beat, and my travels varied from barn collapses to fires to hearings on felonious crimes. Bucks County Courier Times.
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pa2010 - Michael Macagnone
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This past spring and summer, I got the chance to report for the political news website pa2010.com, a political news website covering this year's elections. I learned a lot under Dan Hirschhorn, who's now at Politico, about the nature of political coverage and the pace of online journalism. A few clips here:. Rothfus makes a volunteer-fueled ground blitz. THE PRESS ROOM: Little ink spilled over the 17th. Altmire hits the airwaves (Updated). A full list of clips from the website can be found here.
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Resume - Michael Macagnone
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