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...

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...

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...

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.

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. ethics.journalism.wisc.edu/2025/05/13/b...

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...

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 badgerherald.com/news/campus/...

A @theguardian.com story on one of the UW students impacted by the SEVIS record terminations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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 badgerherald.com/news/breakin...

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.

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.

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-...

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

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...

"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

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.

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

Great speaking with Kostyuchenko. Give the Q&A a read ⤵️