About Me
Katie received her M.S. degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in August 2021. Prior to graduate school, she worked on the business development team at Axios in Washington, D.C. for more than two years. Before joining Axios, she wrote op-eds and daily newsletters for corporate clients as part of PR agency W2O Group in New York City. During the 2016 election season, she wrote for Vox.com in D.C. as an editorial intern on the Policy/Politics team. Katie received her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she double-majored in journalism and political science.
Video
Below are videos that I shot, scripted, produced, and edited as part of my production and documentary skills courses at Columbia University.
Writing Clips
Published articles written at Columbia University, Vox.com, Tiger Oak Media and The Badger Herald.
Culture
Columbia News Service: Greenpoint Residents Fear Losing Beloved Local Building
Columbia University: Land of the Free
Vox: 5 road trips to help you explore America’s ghosts, murder in the Midwest, and the Civil War (in collaboration with Emily VanDerWerff, Caleb Lewis, and Lauren Katz)
Policy
Vox: A federal court just struck down North Carolina’s voter ID laws, citing racial discrimination
Vox: How traffic stops boost police budgets — at the cost of black lives
Vox: We showed people 11 different firearms. They told us which ones should be banned.
Vox: New York City to provide free tampons and pads in public schools, jails, and shelters
Vox: This congresswoman wants the rich to take drug tests to get their tax breaks
Vox: US incarceration is 5 to 10 times higher than that of other NATO countries
Vox: Try to scroll through this graphic and you’ll understand America’s gun problem (in collaboration with Sarah Kliff, Soo Oh, Sarah Frostenstein, and Javier Zarracina)
Badger Herald: New Farm bill reduces funding for SNAP
Badger Herald: Dane County investigates potential site for homeless day shelter
Climate/Energy
Vox: Why this "bloody" veggie burger may become the Tesla of food
Saint Paul Magazine (now folded into Lake Minnetonka Magazine): YOXO Brings “Environmentally Friendly” to Children’s Toys
Lake Minnetonka Magazine: Vernacular Revival Brings Modern Farmhouses to the Lake Area
Badger Herald: From China to campus: Alumni develop electric mopeds
Badger Herald: Electricity costs rise as temperatures drop for Madison residents
Politics
Vox: Regret-xit: why some Brexit supporters wish they could take back their vote
Vox: Report: Trump camp told Kasich he could run foreign and domestic policy as VP
Vox: Ivanka Trump says Republicans not at the RNC "don’t want to be part of the future”
Vox: A new study shows partisanship is at its highest in 25 years
Vox: Why some Democrats are protesting the post–mass shooting “moment of silence"
Audio
The Fight to Save Elizabeth Street Garden
A short podcast episode recorded, produced and edited for Columbia University. Listen here.