Kaela Roeder

Health Care Reporter

Editorial Intern — 2021
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Kaela Roeder is a senior at American University, where she studies journalism with a minor in anthropology. She previously worked as an intern with the National Press Foundation, the Washington Blade and as a digital media associate with the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. She is also the 2020 winner of the Blade Foundation scholarship, an award given to aspiring queer journalists. She aims to focus her reporting on LGBTQ, housing and international news in the future.

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• DC Attorney General sues health care agency for defrauding Medicaid

• SMYAL expands services for LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness

• Angela Hill, a fixture in Southeast DC, dies at 58

• DC Housing Authority begins COVID-19 vaccine rollout while nonprofit low-income senior living is left behind

• Vaccine rollout begins in DC shelters and PEP-V centers

• Vaccine rollout will begin in low-barrier shelters Feb. 1