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Megan Botel

Megan Botel

Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellow Megan Botel is a Los Angeles-based print and radio journalist. She studied environmental policy and psychology at New York University and recently earned a master's degree in journalism at the University of Southern California. In 2020, she completed an internship at the Los Angeles Times. Her print and audio work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Religion News Service, L.A. Taco, Pasadena Weekly, PRX Remix and more. She is now a voting rights and democracy reporting fellow at The GroundTruth Project. Megan loves hammocks, the tropics, Indian-style cooking, salsa dancing and swimming in lakes wherever possible.
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Democracy

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Aug 19, 2020
Democracy

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Rights

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Aug 10, 2020
Democracy

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Jul 30, 2020
Rights

Alabama’s get-out-the-vote activists fight back against voting restrictions

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Jul 13, 2020
Faith

One church’s tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart

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Apr 15, 2020
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