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Madison Holcomb

(She/Her)
Champaign
As seen in: Illinois Public Media News, Invisible Institute, WILL-TV (Urbana, IL)
Covers:  Social justice issues, environmental science and climate change, politics and police and government accountability.
Shasta Scout Reporter Formerly @UofIllinois @invinst @ILPublicMedia @stlpublicradio @WGNRadio

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Madison Holcomb’s Biography

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I am a journalist from the small town of Coal City, Illinois. I am currently a senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign studying journalism. I have held positions at St. Louis Public Radio, Illinois Public Media News, WGN Radio, the Coal City Courant, WPGU News and The Daily Illini.

Madison Holcomb’s Journalist Portfolio

A Florissant restaurant's age policy gained national attention - is it problematic?

A Florissant restaurant's age policy gained national attention - is it problematic?

Bliss Restaurant allows only women over 30 and men over 35 to dine. Some experts are wary of the rule's legal…

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St. Louis arts center shut down its artists' pro-Palestinian exhibit, calling it antisemitic

St. Louis arts center shut down its artists' pro-Palestinian exhibit, calling it antisemitic

The artists, Dani Collette and Allora McCullough, object to the Craft Alliance's decision, saying their work …

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Coal ash is polluting Illinois rivers. Environmentalists want the state to move faster to stop it...

Coal ash is polluting Illinois rivers. Environmentalists want the state to move faster to stop it...

Illinois lawmakers have taken steps in recent years to provide more oversight to the dozens of coal ash sites…

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He used education to escape a violent childhood. Today, he wants to help kids in similar situatio...

He used education to escape a violent childhood. Today, he wants to help kids in similar situatio...

Shamar Betts witnessed horrific violence as a child. Years later, he went to prison for inciting a riot after…

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Accidents and emergency calls mount at Archer Daniels Midland plants in Decatur in past year; Emp...

Accidents and emergency calls mount at Archer Daniels Midland plants in Decatur in past year; Emp...

The Decatur processing plant is ADM’s North American headquarters. More than 4,000 employees work at the faci…

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Coal ash is polluting Illinois rivers. Environmentalists want the state to move faster to stop it | Illinois Public Media

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By Madison Holcomb
| WILL-TV (Urbana, IL) Verified
DANVILLE — On a recent afternoon in early May, Danville resident Germaine Light leashed up her poodle Pippin to take a walk around Kickapoo State Park, along the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River. Light lives just a few miles from where a coal-fired power plant operated for over five decades until it closed in 2011. She said she has noticed the facility’s lingering effects on the river. “I would see trickles of bluish and purplish and greenish streamlets of water coming down the bank,” Light said.
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Accidents and emergency calls mount at Archer Daniels Midland plants in Decatur in past year; Employee dies in rail accident, multiple employees injured in explosions

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By Nour Longi, Madison Holcomb
| cu-citizenaccess.org
Listen to WILL’s coverage for interview audio and hear from the reporters on The 21st Show. Just months before he planned to retire, 66-year-old Robert Dautel was killed in an accident at the railyard just off of the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) west plant in Decatur, Illinois. On April 11, 2023, Dautel was in a locomotive operated remotely by a trainee.
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Awards

Hearst Journalism Award

2023 - Audio News/Features
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