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Isaiah Murtaugh

Isaiah Murtaugh

Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow Isaiah Murtaugh is an audio and print reporter. He recently earned a master's degree in specialized journalism at the University of Southern California, then spent a short spell writing obituaries for COVID-19 victims as a Los Angeles Times intern before joining GroundTruth as a reporting fellow. He calls Los Angeles home and is convinced it is both the ugliest and most beautiful city in the world.
Rights

After Georgia wins, voting rights advocates see a window for election reform

Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock swept Georgia’s Senate runoff races on Tuesday, capping Georgia's astonishing...

Jan 08, 2021
Democracy

Georgia’s Brad Raffensperger: strong against Trump, weak on voting rights

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger took a call from President Donald Trump on Saturday unlike...

Jan 04, 2021
Democracy

How can the U.S. restore trust in its elections?

Updated on Nov. 16, 2020 at 6:49 p.m. PHOENIX — In the newly designated “free speech zone” outside...

Nov 16, 2020
Democracy

Deep in the heart of Texas oil country, some hope for a Trump victory like their life depends on it

ODESSA, Texas – In a parking lot in El Paso, just yards from the U.S.-Mexico border, dozens of...

Nov 05, 2020
ON THE GROUND WITH AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

‘Passing the baton’: Civil Rights era elders are helping protestors channel activism into voting for change

This dispatch is part of a series in collaboration with PBS American Experience that explores the expansion of...

Nov 02, 2020
Democracy

Why Native Americans don’t share the government’s optimism about the census

The Census Bureau has touted the non-response follow-up (NRFU) rate as evidence of a good census count. As...

Nov 02, 2020
Season 9 - On The Ground with Report for America

Election Episode: 2020 and Counting

The turmoil of the 2020 presidential election campaigns has raised questions about just what it means to vote....

Oct 31, 2020
Democracy

Forgotten and left behind, these American voters don’t feel counted among ‘We the People’

Postcards from our Report from America corps members covering voting rights on the ground across the country. Who...

Oct 21, 2020
Democracy

‘Mail voting doesn’t work for Navajo Nation’: Native Americans face steep election hurdles

Tamisha Jensen requested a mail ballot in mid-September. Mail ballots don’t ship in Arizona until Oct. 7, but she’s...

Oct 09, 2020
Democracy

How young poll workers may save Americans from Election Day chaos

Evan Malbrough is one of the younger — and more valuable — poll workers in his Atlanta, Ga., precinct. The 22-year-old...

Sep 17, 2020
Democracy

How the 2020 presidential election could come down to state lawmakers

Edward B. Foley has a recurring nightmare. It’s Nov. 3, election night. President Donald Trump and former Vice...

Aug 14, 2020
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