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Shifra Dayak

Shifra Dayak

Former Reporter & AJI Fellow

Shifra covered policy and politics for NOTUS, with a focus on energy and the environment.

Shifra graduated from the University of Maryland with dual bachelor’s degrees in journalism and environmental science and policy. She’s worked for The Diamondback, the student newspaper at UMD, and was a participant in the Dow Jones News Fund program, where she was a data reporting intern at The Connecticut Mirror and an editing intern at Stars and Stripes. She’s also reported for The Frederick News-Post and the University of Maryland’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism.

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