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Claire Heddles

Former Reporter & AJI Fellow

Claire formerly covered politics and the federal bureaucracy for NOTUS.

Claire received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Azusa Pacific University. She got her start in news at The Advocate magazine and earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Southern California with a scholarship from the National Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. Claire has interned for NPR’s national desk, and her reporting has appeared on NPR’s “Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered.” Claire has also covered local government and education at NPR member stations in East Tennessee and Jacksonville, Florida.

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