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Braeden Waddell

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Maine, Washington, D.C.
As seen in: NPR, U.S. News and World Report, Bangor Daily News, Current, WGME-TV (Portland, ME), The Daily Yonder, Investigate Midwest, Investigative Reporting Workshop, WPFO-TV (Portland, ME), St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune, The Piscataquis Observer and
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Braeden Waddell’s Biography

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Full-time audiobook listener, public transportation enthusiast, aspiring trout fisherman. Experienced with audio editing and production from newscasts to podcasts. Background in investigative and data-driven reporting. Can understand English and Spanish, both when spoken slowly.

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The Link Between Missing Indigenous Women and Missing Data

The Link Between Missing Indigenous Women and Missing Data

In the weeks after Gabby Petito went missing in September, as the news media relentlessly covered her case, a…

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States That Have Welcomed the Most Refugees From Afghanistan

States That Have Welcomed the Most Refugees From Afghanistan

The United States forces withdrew from Afghanistan last month, ending the longest war in the country's histor…

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Nursing homes scramble for solutions

Nursing homes scramble for solutions

AUGUSTA, Maine - In the years before the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the nation's long-term care faciliti…

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Industry lobbying left nursing home patients at risk

Industry lobbying left nursing home patients at risk

Even before COVID-19, aides caring for elderly and disabled people in nursing homes often were overworked and…

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Pressure mounts to re-open state investigation into former Maine police officer who shot and kill...

Pressure mounts to re-open state investigation into former Maine police officer who shot and kill...

Thirteen years after police shot and killed an 18-year-old in Maine, an independent review board has been tas…

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AU without the PD: looking to the past to change the future of policing on campus

AU without the PD: looking to the past to change the future of policing on campus

This semester, AWOL’s investigative podcast unit, Ripped from the Wall, looked into the current relationship …

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Black Bears Archives

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By Braeden Waddell Verified, Bob Duchesne, Christopher Burns Verified, George Danby
| Bangor Daily News Verified
Skip to content Posted inOutdoors Contributors “I live in the woods. I feed birds. Sometimes in the spring, I feed bears, though not intentionally,” Bob Duchesne writes.
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Aroostook Renewable Gateway Archives

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By Tux Turkel, Braeden Waddell Verified, Billy Kobin Verified, Lori Valigra Verified
| Bangor Daily News Verified
The stakes are high, with Maine’s aging population concerned about electricity rates and the state aiming to meet statutory goals of reducing emissions.
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Officials don’t know when damaged Vinalhaven ferry will return

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By Braeden Waddell Verified
| Bangor Daily News Verified
The state doesn’t yet have a timeline for repairs on the ferry that ran aground off the coast of Vinalhaven Thursday, officials said. The incident damaged both of the Capt. Richard G. Spear’s propellers, and left the ferry with a bent starboard rudder. The port rudder is missing entirely, but could be recovered by divers, officials said.
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