🇬🇭🇺🇸 | Intern at @NBCNewsNow | Journalism @MedillSchool | Reporting for @MIL_Medill | @NNN_News producer | formerly: @CSPAN
Joined April 2020
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Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
I got to work with student reporter @BWadier (again!) to help tell Tionna's story about how toxic anonymous apps can be & it's finally out! GO watch it ⤵️
In this episode of #MomentsofTruth, In this episode, Tionna Haynes talks to student reporter Bridgette Adu Wadier in Chicago, Illinois, about being harassed on an anonymous messaging platform after organizing racial injustice protests on campus.
WATCH: youtu.be/oG22Msar6tc
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Two weeks after the Clark Street Beach shooting there are still no suspects in custody and EPD has no additional updates on its investigation.
I talked with law enforcement experts for @NNN_News about what this lack of information could mean moving forward.
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
There’s already an open letter to administration circulating on NU social media.
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
With @GovPritzker standing next to @Brandon4Chicago, and @LoriLightfoot at the podium, the celebration of the selection of Chicago for the Democratic National Convention begins. @wttw
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Walmart is closing locations in Lakeview, Little Village and the South Side by Sunday, April 16. What will this mean for neighborhood residents who rely on the stores' groceries and pharmacies?
🎙️Greater Chatham Initiative
🎙️@dimamqato
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Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Tonight on the Northwestern News Report…
-NU men’s basketball team postpones their game against Iowa due to COVID-19 concerns
-NU investigates hazing allegations within the football program
-And NUGW votes for unionization
WATCH: youtu.be/lbdY3_iG5Zo
EP: @denault_mikayla
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
'Sometimes plans change and sometimes you have a really bad year': College freshman @BWadier on what she learned during the pandemic buff.ly/3MCOwiu
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Tonight on Northwestern News Report...
- Evanston businesses feel the labor shortage pinch
- Students are still asking the University for a hybrid option
- A behind-the-curtain look at the The Dolphin Show
...and more!
It's your news, right now!
WATCH: youtu.be/ROOC53nUoNA
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
PBS @NewsHour EXTRA Daily News Lesson:
Hedge fund known for slashing newsrooms buys Chicago, Baltimore, Boston papers
Thanks to @BWadier for creating this important #MediaLiteracy lesson as part of her high school senior experience @TCWTitans @ACPSk12 to.pbs.org/34ljzKQ
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
An undeveloped plot of land in Potomac Yard offers a thorny question for members of the next #AlexandriaVA City Council. Should they co-locate affordable housing with a high school academy? Or is co-location a problem for capacity and safety? @AlexGazette bit.ly/3bGW0jP
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Congrats to @TCWTitans @QuestBridge Scholars, Natnael Asegdew & @BWadier! Natnael is headed to @mit, and Bridgette, recently named a PBS @NewsHour @ReportingLabs 20 under 20 Up-and-Coming Storyteller, will be attending @northwesternu. Read more: bit.ly/3p3gE1l
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
i sometimes fantasize about what life would be like as a student journalist if I didn't have to take on a full time unit course load and could just focus on reporting lol
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
SRL student journalists Corie McCowin and @BWadier, contributed to the @wellbeingsorg program with @COPublicRadio & @calltomindnow on missed milestones during the COVID-19 pandemic.
wellbeings.org/cpr/
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
@BWadier is one of the most eloquent and thoughtful students I’ve ever known, and I’m so grateful that she’s getting she recognition she deserves. ❤️#TitanPride
WATCH: Virginia Student @BWadier talks with Professor @JevinWest on the alarming effects of #disinformation. cc: @TCWTitans @WETAtvfm
Catch this segment of our #WetheYoungPeople special here: 👇
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
'We the young people of the United States want a better future together.'
WATCH our opener for #WetheYoungPeople here 👇
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
WATCH: Virginia Student @BWadier talks with Professor @JevinWest on the alarming effects of #disinformation. cc: @TCWTitans @WETAtvfm
Catch this segment of our #WetheYoungPeople special here: 👇
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
"...Not everyone is going through the same thing," writes Bridgette Adu-Wadier for the @The74. "Despite their best efforts, many teachers simply don’t understand the unique situation of first-generation, low-income students." H/T @BWadier
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Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
A step closer to economic freedom with a higher education. I’m so proud of you. I pray that there will be many more celebrations to come. I hope your inner light continues to shine so bright it inspires others.
For me, a @QuestBridge scholarship to @NorthwesternU was a Way Out — a way to “lift my family up from poverty and potentially change their economic trajectory for generations.” In @The74: bit.ly/2LBL78B @TCTheogony @TCWTitans @TC2College #stuvoice #pandemicnotebook
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Incredibly proud of all-around (and one of our 20 under 20 young journalists!) rock star, Bridgette (@BWadier). 🤩 Congrats (again)! 🎉🙌👏 #IamSRL
For me, a @QuestBridge scholarship to @NorthwesternU was a Way Out — a way to “lift my family up from poverty and potentially change their economic trajectory for generations.” In @The74: bit.ly/2LBL78B @TCTheogony @TCWTitans @TC2College #stuvoice #pandemicnotebook
Bridgette Adu-Wadier retweeted
Both insightful and inspirational, thank you @BWadier for sharing your story of perseverance and triumph.
Everyone should read it:
bit.ly/2LBL78B
#AlexandriaVA #COVID19 #womenleaders
For me, a @QuestBridge scholarship to @NorthwesternU was a Way Out — a way to “lift my family up from poverty and potentially change their economic trajectory for generations.” In @The74: bit.ly/2LBL78B @TCTheogony @TCWTitans @TC2College #stuvoice #pandemicnotebook