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Claim your profileMaddie Biertempfel is a Washington Correspondent at Nexstar's DC Bureau. She covers Congress, the White House and Supreme Court, breaking down complex political issues into concise packages for Nexstar's 115+ local stations across the country. Before that, Maddie covered Alabama politics, serving as the State Capitol Reporter for five Nexstar stations across the state. Her coverage of Alabama's police body camera law earned her an Alabama Broadcasters Association merit award for hard news reporting. At her first station in Bismarck, North Dakota, Maddie produced and anchored the weekend shows while reporting during the week. Maddie also co-hosted the weekly "Inside North Dakota Politics", which featured in-depth local election coverage, legislative reporting and interviews with lawmakers.Maddie graduated Magna Cum Laude from Penn State in 2020 with degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. While in college, she interned at C-SPAN, Fox News, and WPSU, where her radio news stories earned her a top-ten finish in the Hearst competition for Radio News & Features.
Broadcast Journalism, Political Science at Penn State New KensingtonGraduated: 2020
Political Science, Broadcast Journalism at Penn State UniversityGraduated: 2020