Cat Carroll
@cgcarroll.bsky.social
On this final day of August, Costa Rica commemorates the Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture.
I shared one family’s story and how it reflects the deep roots and enduring legacy of the country's Afro-Caribbean communities.
Read here:
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I shared one family’s story and how it reflects the deep roots and enduring legacy of the country's Afro-Caribbean communities.
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/bordersa...
Where the drums echo and the turtles nest: Afro-Costa Rican heritage in Limón and Tortuguero
As Costa Rica marks a day of recognition and pride, one family’s story reflects the deep roots and enduring legacy of Afro-Caribbean communities
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August 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
On this final day of August, Costa Rica commemorates the Day of the Black Person and Afro-Costa Rican Culture.
I shared one family’s story and how it reflects the deep roots and enduring legacy of the country's Afro-Caribbean communities.
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/bordersa...
I shared one family’s story and how it reflects the deep roots and enduring legacy of the country's Afro-Caribbean communities.
Read here:
open.substack.com/pub/bordersa...
Sometimes the most powerful medicine is simply being heard. Sharing my reflections and stories about how migration impacts health in one Costa Rican community. Read below:
In La Carpio, listening is at the heart of healing
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In La Carpio, listening is at the heart of healing
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In La Carpio, listening is at the heart of healing
Migration and its deep impacts on health
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August 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sometimes the most powerful medicine is simply being heard. Sharing my reflections and stories about how migration impacts health in one Costa Rican community. Read below:
In La Carpio, listening is at the heart of healing
bordersandbecoming.substack.com/p/in-la-carp...
In La Carpio, listening is at the heart of healing
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Next week, I'll begin the Wolff Fellowship, a year-long reporting project documenting migration stories that reveal the humans behind the headlines. I hope you'll follow along as I share what I learn:
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Welcome to Borders & Becoming
Stories from the global movement of people
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July 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Next week, I'll begin the Wolff Fellowship, a year-long reporting project documenting migration stories that reveal the humans behind the headlines. I hope you'll follow along as I share what I learn:
open.substack.com/pub/bordersa...
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Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic, or SAFE, is working to reframe gun violence as a preventable public health crisis — one the medical field is uniquely positioned to address. The organization hopes to equip all future doctors with strategies to stop firearm injuries before they occur.
Most Medical Schools Don't Require Gun Violence Prevention Training. This Group Wants to Change That.
Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic has an ambitious plan to teach future doctors about gun violence prevention.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Scrubs Addressing the Firearm Epidemic, or SAFE, is working to reframe gun violence as a preventable public health crisis — one the medical field is uniquely positioned to address. The organization hopes to equip all future doctors with strategies to stop firearm injuries before they occur.
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In her last piece for the Center, fellow Cat Carroll (@cgcarroll.bsky.social) spoke with 2025 Shadid Award co-winner and @uwsjmc.bsky.social alum @hannahfurfaro.bsky.social about her approach to mental health reporting.
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Building trust and finding solutions: A Q&A with mental health reporter Hannah Furfaro
By Cat Carroll Mental health reporting presents unique challenges for journalists, requiring careful attention to ethical considerations, trust-building with vulnerable sources and a nuanced approach ...
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May 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In her last piece for the Center, fellow Cat Carroll (@cgcarroll.bsky.social) spoke with 2025 Shadid Award co-winner and @uwsjmc.bsky.social alum @hannahfurfaro.bsky.social about her approach to mental health reporting.
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Congrats to fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social!
"Cat Carroll is laying out her itinerary to spend a year abroad, traveling to seven countries around the world to connect and tell the stories of communities directly impacted by historic and contemporary migration patterns."
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"Cat Carroll is laying out her itinerary to spend a year abroad, traveling to seven countries around the world to connect and tell the stories of communities directly impacted by historic and contemporary migration patterns."
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Tracing the Paths of Migration
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April 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Congrats to fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social!
"Cat Carroll is laying out her itinerary to spend a year abroad, traveling to seven countries around the world to connect and tell the stories of communities directly impacted by historic and contemporary migration patterns."
ls.wisc.edu/news/tracing...
"Cat Carroll is laying out her itinerary to spend a year abroad, traveling to seven countries around the world to connect and tell the stories of communities directly impacted by historic and contemporary migration patterns."
ls.wisc.edu/news/tracing...
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Congrats to my former journalism student, 2025 Wolff Fellowship recipient Cat Carroll, who will spend the next year reporting on global migration in seven different countries: ls.wisc.edu/news/tracing... @cgcarroll.bsky.social @uwethics.bsky.social attn. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
Tracing the Paths of Migration
ls.wisc.edu
April 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Congrats to my former journalism student, 2025 Wolff Fellowship recipient Cat Carroll, who will spend the next year reporting on global migration in seven different countries: ls.wisc.edu/news/tracing... @cgcarroll.bsky.social @uwethics.bsky.social attn. @columbiajournalism.bsky.social
For college seniors nearing graduation, anxiety about what comes next is common. UW's Senior Class Office has created sustainable mental health programming specifically for this transition, with funding secured for the next three years
Via Badger Herald
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Via Badger Herald
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UW senior leaders create lasting legacy with mental health initiatives
When Shelby Olson was elected 2024-25 senior class vice president, she knew she wanted to use her time in the position to bolster mental health support services for her University of Wisconsin peers. ...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For college seniors nearing graduation, anxiety about what comes next is common. UW's Senior Class Office has created sustainable mental health programming specifically for this transition, with funding secured for the next three years
Via Badger Herald
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Via Badger Herald
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A @theguardian.com story on one of the UW students impacted by the SEVIS record terminations
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Deported over a speeding ticket? Dozens of US students’ visas abruptly revoked
Nearly 40 students report canceled visas over minor infractions as Trump intensifies crackdown on universities
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April 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A @theguardian.com story on one of the UW students impacted by the SEVIS record terminations
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International student records are increasingly being terminated across the nation. Yesterday, UW reported six current students and seven alumni have been impacted
Via Badger Herald
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Via Badger Herald
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Visa records of six UW students, seven alumni terminated by federal authorities
In a Monday update about federal immigration enforcement, the University of Wisconsin said the records of six current students and seven alumni on employment extensions have been terminated by the U.S...
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April 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
International student records are increasingly being terminated across the nation. Yesterday, UW reported six current students and seven alumni have been impacted
Via Badger Herald
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Via Badger Herald
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As immigration becomes a top policy issue under the second Trump administration, media experts and researchers are determining how to best navigate coverage in a way that balances the need to inform with the responsibility to not stoke fear. New work from fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social.
‘Facts, not fear’: Journalists navigate coverage of immigration enforcement actions under second Trump administration
By Cat Carroll When federal agents arrived at a Chicago elementary school January 24, 2025, panic erupted as news spread of what many believed to be the start of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
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April 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As immigration becomes a top policy issue under the second Trump administration, media experts and researchers are determining how to best navigate coverage in a way that balances the need to inform with the responsibility to not stoke fear. New work from fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social.
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We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. Congratulations to @hannahfurfaro.bsky.social, @laurenfrohne.bsky.social & Ivy Ceballo (@seattletimes.com), for their work on the devastation fentanyl has wrought on young people in Washington state.
2025 Shadid Award Winners & Finalists
A team of three reporters from The Seattle Times has won the 2025 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics for their work showing the barriers preventing young people from accessing treatment for op...
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March 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. Congratulations to @hannahfurfaro.bsky.social, @laurenfrohne.bsky.social & Ivy Ceballo (@seattletimes.com), for their work on the devastation fentanyl has wrought on young people in Washington state.
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We’re excited to announce five finalists for the 2025 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. These finalists distinguished themselves in a competitive field of nominations, telling stories with outstanding ethics, integrity and impact.
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2025 Shadid Award Winners & Finalists
A team of three NBC News reporters has won the 2024 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics for their work exposing America’s failed death notification system.
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu
February 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re excited to announce five finalists for the 2025 Anthony Shadid Award for Journalism Ethics. These finalists distinguished themselves in a competitive field of nominations, telling stories with outstanding ethics, integrity and impact.
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-shadid-...
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025-shadid-...
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s message at tonight’s candlelight vigil was simple: “Let us be a community”
There was a powerful display of this as individuals from across the city came together, centering all who have been impacted
There was a powerful display of this as individuals from across the city came together, centering all who have been impacted
December 18, 2024 at 1:08 AM
Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway’s message at tonight’s candlelight vigil was simple: “Let us be a community”
There was a powerful display of this as individuals from across the city came together, centering all who have been impacted
There was a powerful display of this as individuals from across the city came together, centering all who have been impacted
Fast facts on school shootings via CNN, updated Dec. 10
Important nugget: "There have been at least 81 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of December 6. Twenty-seven were on college campuses, and 54 were on K-12 school grounds."
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Important nugget: "There have been at least 81 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of December 6. Twenty-seven were on college campuses, and 54 were on K-12 school grounds."
www.cnn.com/us/school-sh...
https://www.cnn.com/us/school-shootings-fast-facts-dg/index.html
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December 16, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Fast facts on school shootings via CNN, updated Dec. 10
Important nugget: "There have been at least 81 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of December 6. Twenty-seven were on college campuses, and 54 were on K-12 school grounds."
www.cnn.com/us/school-sh...
Important nugget: "There have been at least 81 school shootings in the United States so far this year, as of December 6. Twenty-seven were on college campuses, and 54 were on K-12 school grounds."
www.cnn.com/us/school-sh...
"This is something that we all prepare for, but hope we never have to do," MPD Chief of Police Shon Barnes gets emotional speaking on today's shooting at Abundant Life Christian School
December 16, 2024 at 7:17 PM
"This is something that we all prepare for, but hope we never have to do," MPD Chief of Police Shon Barnes gets emotional speaking on today's shooting at Abundant Life Christian School
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How we cover school shootings has come a long way - but survivors and gun violence experts say there's still room for much-needed improvement.
Fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social writes about reporting on shootings without worsening trauma and exploiting survivors.
Fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social writes about reporting on shootings without worsening trauma and exploiting survivors.
Balancing truth and trauma, media ethics in school shooting coverage continue to evolve
By Cat Carroll Over two decades after the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, survivor Amy Over decided to share her story of what happened. She agreed to host the podcast series …
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December 5, 2024 at 8:04 PM
How we cover school shootings has come a long way - but survivors and gun violence experts say there's still room for much-needed improvement.
Fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social writes about reporting on shootings without worsening trauma and exploiting survivors.
Fellow @cgcarroll.bsky.social writes about reporting on shootings without worsening trauma and exploiting survivors.
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After the violent Hamas raid of October 7, 2023, news orgs have used translated (and mistranslated) Arabic words in their reporting. Kaitlyn Hashem writes about the hazards of presenting stand-alone Arabic words and phrases without translation or context.
Reporting on Arabic in English? Translate and contextualize.
By Kaitlyn Hashem During the last 14 months, a period straddling two academic years, college students across the country have adopted intifada as a slogan in their protests against Israel’s ongoing wa...
ethics.journalism.wisc.edu
December 4, 2024 at 7:36 PM
After the violent Hamas raid of October 7, 2023, news orgs have used translated (and mistranslated) Arabic words in their reporting. Kaitlyn Hashem writes about the hazards of presenting stand-alone Arabic words and phrases without translation or context.
It’s #GivingTuesday! This year on Dec. 3, I’m asking you to join me in supporting The Badger Herald, an independent student newspaper on the University of Wisconsin campus.
To donate: support.badgerherald.org/donate
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December 3, 2024 at 2:11 PM
It’s #GivingTuesday! This year on Dec. 3, I’m asking you to join me in supporting The Badger Herald, an independent student newspaper on the University of Wisconsin campus.
To donate: support.badgerherald.org/donate
To donate: support.badgerherald.org/donate
Great speaking with Kostyuchenko. Give the Q&A a read ⤵️
"Journalism is a flame. Sometimes it’s super wide and super bright, almost like a wildfire. And sometimes it’s just a small candle and your goal is to bring it through a thunderstorm from Point A to Point B." - Elena Kostyuchenko on press freedom and reporting from exile.
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“Journalism is a flame”: Russian journalist Elena Kostyuchenko navigates attacks on press freedom, reporting from exile
By Cat Carroll Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has cracked down on news and free speech, blocking access to online social media websites and major foreign news outlets...
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November 19, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Great speaking with Kostyuchenko. Give the Q&A a read ⤵️