Chali Pittman
News Director and Editor at WORT-FM (Madison, WI)
News, talk, and public affairs director/editor at community radio @wortradio, @wortnews. I spend my time listening. It's SHA-lee and she/her 🎧☕️
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2 weeks ago |
wortfm.org | Chali Pittman
Dina Nina Martinez Rutherford didn’t campaign for her second term as alder. She suspended her campaign in mid-January for a variety of reasons — reasons she outlined at a press conference this morning. “Like many of us, and like many of our transgender siblings and family, I found myself overstretched with an impending new administration, and planned surgery that would have taken me out of the race for three weeks… And I’m also searching for a new place.
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4 weeks ago |
wortfm.org | Chali Pittman
About this guideThis year, April 1st is no joke. In addition to April Fool’s Day, it’s also the Spring Election. In Wisconsin, elections held in the spring are for nonpartisan offices: offices where there’s no (D), (R), or other party signifier next to a candidate’s name.
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2 months ago |
wortfm.org | Chali Pittman
WORT is excited to welcome Sara Gabler as our newest Talk Producer. Sara comes to the role with serious chops as a reporter, producer, journalist, writer, intellectual, and artist. She first came aboard at WORT in 2023 as a general assignment reporter, and quickly tackled nuanced investigative stories and the art of open records. She’s covered everything from prison lockdowns to anti-camping statutes to consultant spending.
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Jan 22, 2025 |
wortfm.org | Chali Pittman
The Madison community gathered again this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the 40th Annual Madison & Dane County King Holiday Observance, live from the Overture Center for the Arts in the Capitol Theater and presented by the Madison/Dane County King Coalition.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
wortfm.org | Chali Pittman
Lowering the voting age isn’t a new idea. In 1971, the 26th Amendment dropped the minimum voting age, from 21 down to 18. It was the quickest constitutional amendment in US history to be ratified, taking just three months to reach the required 3/4 majority of states. At the time, people pushing to drop the voting age pointed to the military draft during the Vietnam War. They said if they were old enough to fight, they were old enough to vote.
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RT @WORTnews: The last couple of weeks have brought on yet more federal funding cuts. Wisconsin nonprofits across a variety of sectors are…
She unexpectedly won her re-election after suspending her campaign. Today, @dinaninaformsn said she's made the decision to return as District 15 alder. It came with caveats. — for @wortnews https://t.co/mHOK144Yxf
