Author Archives: Gabi Wy

Gabi Wy is a sophomore journalism and criminal justice double major at the University of Southern Indiana. She is the features editor for The Shield, USI's weekly print news publication and website. Last year, she served as The Shield's news editor and as a newscaster for the campus radio station. This fall, she will intern for the Evansville Courier & Press, part of the USA TODAY Network. She aspires to become an investigative reporter focusing on the criminal justice system.

Fremont street performers speak out against restrictive laws

August 12, 2016 Comments Off on Fremont street performers speak out against restrictive laws

As the summer tourist crowd descends on Las Vegas, street performers along the city’s old casino strip of Fremont Street are chafing at rules passed late last year meant to tamp down activities.

Journalist Q&A: Asian reporters in the political press scrum

August 11, 2016 Comments Off on Journalist Q&A: Asian reporters in the political press scrum

VOICES checked in with three Asian-American journalists who have covered campaigns past and present: SABRINA SIDDIQUI, who covers national politics for The Guardian; TRACY JAN, who covers national politics for The Boston Globe and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN, who was most ...

ACLU: Las Vegas police policy shows power of body-worn cameras

August 10, 2016 Comments Off on ACLU: Las Vegas police policy shows power of body-worn cameras

Despite tensions over recent police killings of black people, police departments across the U.S. have been slow to equip officers with a tool civil rights activists say can help avert future tragedies: body-worn cameras. “It’s happening, we always wish it ...