Mairead DeBruin, a sophomore at Avalon School in St. Paul, is a graduate of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2012 fall NewsTeam. She enjoys reading, writing, drawing and listening to music (ask her about The Killers sometime.) Mairead also has an appreciation for creative learning environments and nifty Santa hats, which she chronicled in her first essay for ThreeSixty in the March 2013 issue.
Amid federal stress, ThreeSixty students return for year three on the Capitol beat
Amidst federal funding cuts and ICE violence in Minnesota, the workshop demystified the legislative process and gave students inside and community perspectives on state issues.