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Editor @ORCapChronicle, Capitol press corps president, @spjoregon board member. Past reporting in AZ, NE, IA. Bookworm, cat mom, national park geek.

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Julia Shumway’s Biography

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Julia Shumway is a digital journalist and alumna of Arizona State University now covering the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature as part of a two-person team for the Associated Press. She's also covered city and county government in southeast Iowa, served as a thorn in the side of Arizona politicians as a political fact-checker at the Arizona Republic and brought fresh design ideas to Iowa's oldest newspaper, The Hawk Eye. Before joining the Hawk Eye team, she led ASU's student newspaper, The Stat…

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Nebraska could increase prison sentences for sex traffickers

Nebraska could increase prison sentences for sex traffickers

LINCOLN, Neb. - Advocates for sex trafficking victims urged a Nebraska legislative committee on Thursday to s…

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Lenders, low-income advocates face off on payday loan bills

Lenders, low-income advocates face off on payday loan bills

Elsa Ramon-Moody said she knew the risks that came with taking out high-interest, short-term loans, but when …

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Minimum wage increase proposal gets chilly reception from Des Moines County supervisors

Minimum wage increase proposal gets chilly reception from Des Moines County supervisors

Local governments throughout Iowa and the United States have been tackling minimum wage increases when their …

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Mount Union sewer service cut off

Mount Union sewer service cut off

MOUNT UNION — Trucks, including one tugging a yellow excavator, pulled up outside the first home in this smal…

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Burlington man still fighting city to rebuild fire-damaged home

Burlington man still fighting city to rebuild fire-damaged home

Richard Wixom moved into the century-old servants quarters on Seventh Street in 1989 with a $500 down payment…

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Activists: Animal-cruelty bill part of trend

Activists: Animal-cruelty bill part of trend

The images and videos taken by undercover employees in some factory farms show chickens rubbed raw from being…

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What did Oregon add to time capsules for America’s 250th birthday? Original

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| Nisqually Valley News Verified
What would help Americans 250 years from now understand the Oregon of 2026? For the eight members of Oregon’s congressional delegation who selected the state’s contributions to the semiquincentennial congressional time capsule, the answers were as eclectic as the Beaver State’s geography and people: A gemstone found only in eastern Oregon, a pair of socks, a mail ballot, sheet music from “Portlandia,” a portrait of a trailblazing state senator and more.
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Oregon AG Rayfield highlights new Medicaid fraud charges amid national fraud crackdown

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| Curry Coastal Pilot Verified
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced new criminal charges Tuesday against four people the state alleges stole taxpayer money and victimized vulnerable Oregonians by filing fraudulent Medicaid reimbursement claims. Rayfield’s announcement coincided with the federal government pressing Medicaid fraud charges against more than 450 people.
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What did Oregon add to time capsules for America’s 250th birthday?

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Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, though I definitely prefer a laptop.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

She still has a season and a half and a movie to disappoint me, but Veronica Mars is the best so far.

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Twitter

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Iowa Associated Press Media Editors Award

2017 - Continuing News Coverage

I placed second for continuing news coverage in the Iowa Associated Press Media Editors' annual awards for articles I wrote over a 10-month span about a small, struggling Iowa town. These stories followed Mount Union and the people who live there through disputes related to the city's state-mandated new sewer system and an eventual decision to unincorporate.

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Iowa Newspaper Association Award

2017 - Front Page Design

The Hawk Eye placed third in its division (daily newspapers with circulations of 10,000 or more) for front page design. Two of my designs and one by another editor were submitted. The Hawk Eye was the only finalist to have editors lay out pages, as the other two winners outsource their design to centralized hubs.

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Associated Collegiate Press

2015 - Online Pacemaker

The State Press received a 2015 Pacemaker Award, among the most prestigious in student media, for its work during my tenure as editor-in-chief. In describing the award, ACP judges wrote, "Over a wide range of quite different online-only sites, The State Press of Arizona State stood out for its thorough coverage of the campus and Tempe communities, commitment to multimedia and clean, simple, gimmick-free design. Other top competitors in this category were recognized for their full-service digital coverage, breaking news responses and follow-up on big stories, all very challenging but well-executed here."

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2015 - Digital-Only Publication

The State Press received this award from the Society of Professional Journalists for the year I led it as editor-in-chief. Region 11 includes Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada.

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Society of Professional Journalists Award

2015 - Editorial Writing

The State Press editorials I wrote during summer 2015 as editor were named among the three best submissions in Region 11, which includes Arizona, California, Hawaii and Nevada.

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