Michigan Policast for Monday, April 20, 2020

  In this episode:

* Congratulations Riley Beggin – Young Journalist of the Year

* Selfish, ignorant, Typhoid MAGAs surround the capitol building in Trump – COVID rally

* Elissa Slotkin – Buy American, save lives

* Trevor Thomas of Fair and Equal Michigan on gathering electronic signatures for ballot drive

* Nancy Wang of Voters Not Politicians on redistricting, voting by mail, and the 2020 Census

* There’s still a Presidential campaign going on …

* @rbeggin

* @BridgeMichigan

* @TrevorThomasMI

* @FairandEqualMI

* @RepSlotkin

* @notpoliticians

* @uscensusbureau

* @justinamash

Cover photo: Newsweek Cover, April 17 2020

Jump to:

* Segment one: Congratulations Riley Beggin – Young Journalist of the Year

* Segment two: Selfish, ignorant, Typhoid MAGAs surround the capitol building in Trump – COVID rally

* Segment three: Elissa Slotkin – Buy American, save lives

* Segment four: Trevor Thomas of Fair and Equal Michigan on gathering electronic signatures for ballot drive

* Segment five: Nancy Wang of Voters Not Politicians on redistricting, voting by mail, and the 2020 Census

* Segment six: There’s still a Presidential campaign going on …

Congratulations Riley Beggin – Young Journalist of the Year

* Bridge Capitol reporter Riley Beggin named Young Journalist of the Year

* Riley Beggin page on Bridge Magazine

* SPJ Detroit announces Journalist & Young Journalist of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Awards & scholarship winners

* Riley Beggin Journalist – personal site

Work that garnered Beggin the award included:

* “Poisoned Michigan,” an in-depth examination of Michigan’s handling of the PFAS environmental crisis and a similar disaster in the 1970s. Beggin co-authored the project with Jim Malewitz, and