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Aislyn Gaddis

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As seen in: Texas Standard, NewsBreak, Houston Public Media (Houston, TX), Denton Record-Chronicle, KUT-FM (Austin, TX), KERA News (Dallas, TX), Texas Public Radio (San Antonio, TX), KERA-TV (Dallas, TX), The Daily Texan, Reporting Texas, KETR-FM
UT Journalism '25. Executive Producer of Originals @thedragaudio. Podcaster and Data Fellow for @innovationUT. Cat Lover. Taylor Swift Enthusiast

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I'm a student journalist at the Unversity of Texas specializing in multimedia journalism. I have experience in radio, podcasting, data journalism and newsroom leadership.

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Houston SPCA has taken in 1,800 animals, including egret colony, in the wake of Hurricane Beryl

Houston SPCA has taken in 1,800 animals, including egret colony, in the wake of Hurricane Beryl

The SPCA is now working to rehabilitate the animals, some of which will need care for up to four weeks.

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'We all need a hero': Meet the mom-and-son duo championing disability representation

'We all need a hero': Meet the mom-and-son duo championing disability representation

"Represent!," along with their other two books, helps fill the gap Rosalie and Hunter Mastaler saw in childre…

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Alumni push back against a possible new name for Texas A&M University-Commerce

Alumni push back against a possible new name for Texas A&M University-Commerce

University officials have proposed including "Dallas," sparking concerns over the school's representation and…

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Texas lotteries might not be as fair as you think

Texas lotteries might not be as fair as you think

If the numbers work out in their favor, investors can legally buy all the possible outcomes, leaving anyone w…

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Prevailing theory says raising interest rates brings down inflation. How true is that?

Prevailing theory says raising interest rates brings down inflation. How true is that?

The Federal Reserve followed the playbook in 2022. But while inflation came down, the economy didn't slow as …

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How marijuana is essentially legal in Texas

How marijuana is essentially legal in Texas

Texas Monthly tested smokable hemp purchased across the state and found it tested above the legal limit for T…

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A tiny East Texas museum makes sure the history of the London School explosion is not forgotten

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By Aislyn Gaddis
| KERA News (Dallas, TX) Verified
The London Museum & Cafe is sort of in the middle of nowhere on Main Street in New London, Texas, a town of just under 1,000 people about half an hour east of Tyler. The location is a challenge that volunteers at the museum are well aware of, but they say visitors who make the trek are often surprised by what they find. “I think they don’t know what to expect. And they walk back there and they’re kind of pleasantly surprised, you know.
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A tiny East Texas museum makes sure the history of the London School explosion is not forgotten

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By Aislyn Gaddis
| Texas Standard Verified
Almost everything was top-of-the-line – but the school had two fatal flaws, Piercy said. The first was that the school was not built on a slab as originally planned. Instead, it was built on a hill and placed on concrete steel reinforced piers and beams, which left a huge crawl space underneath it. The second was how the school was heated. The district decided to use natural gas, running the line in that crawl space and attaching it to 72 radiators throughout the school.
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Bull sharks are having a baby boom along the Texas coast

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By Aislyn Gaddis
| Texas Public Radio (San Antonio, TX) Verified
There have been fewer than 50 shark attacks in Texas in the last century, but you may recall around the Fourth of July weekend this year, two people were sent to the hospital and two others were injured in shark encounters off South Padre Island. With that still in mind, there’s new research that would seem to align with what some have suspected: The baby bull shark population is exploding along the Texas coast.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was an editorial intern for the Grapevine Historical Society in high school.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes! I became a little obsessed with them in middle school and bought one after saving up my Christmas and birthday money. I still have it!

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Adobe Audition, R, Descript, microphones, DocumentCloud
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