Annie Goodykoontz is a Phoenix-born student journalist based in Columbia, Missouri. Previously, she’s interned at The Los Angeles Times, The Arizona Republic and Brussels-based news site Euractiv. Annie is a junior at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she spent her sophomore year as editor-in-chief of the student paper, The Maneater. She’s currently a Youth / K-12 Education Reporter at the Columbia Missourian, and a Student Innovation Staffer at the Reynolds Journalism Institute.

You can reach her at anniegoody123@gmail.com. 

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➭ Belgium’s influencers get certified as rules play catch-up

➭ EU could force companies to diversify supply chains, Séjourné says

➭ EU rehashes economic doctrine and resources plans to counter China threat

➭ EU’s Ribera warns US climate isolation is ‘suicide’

➭ Baltics face uncertainty over US defence aid as Congress weighs cuts

➭ More and more books are being banned. SoCal libraries find a solution

➭ Poisoned pelicans fly again after the worst algal bloom in a decade

➭ New L.A. Trader Joe’s opens across the street from … another Trader Joe’s

➭ Along California coast, waiting for tsunami waves with concern, curiosity, comedy

➭ ‘We are not alone!’ San Gabriel Valley residents gather at candlelight vigil to protest ICE raids

➭ Is it ever OK to pick fruit from your neighbor’s property? Here’s what Arizona law says

➭ Officials still assessing damage after Hickman’s Family Farms chicken coop fire

➭ Child drowning deaths are increasing in Phoenix. How can you protect your kids?

➭ Archie, the lizard rescued from Loop 101, reunited with his owner

➭ Why is Phoenix experiencing so many record-breaking warm low temperatures?

➭ ‘Praying for our nation’: Religious leaders, residents in Phoenix react to Trump shooting

➭ Rattlesnake bites expected to surge in August. Here’s how to stay safe

➭ Man arrested on arson charge after Arizona wildfire destroyed 21 homes, caused evacuations

➭ The spread of ‘climate doom’ on TikTok is hurting the climate justice movement – and Gen Z

➭ What I learned from deleting TikTok for a month

➭ Eastside Kickoff Concert marks the start of the 21st annual True/False Film Fest

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