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Damakant Jayshi
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Reporter, Wausau Pilot and Review
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Biography
All The President's Men' by The Washington Post’s reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is the seed of inspiration behind my journalism. It took me 14 years after I read the book before I joined The Kathmandu Post, as a copy editor, in 1999. A year later, I got my first byline. The expose on Lauda Air lease scam followed soon. I have extensive experience in reporting and writing in South Asia. At present, I am a reporter with Wausau Pilot & Review, a digital news outlet in Wausau, WI through Report for America. Previously, I worked for two of the biggest daily newspapers in India and Nepal, The Hindu and The Kathmandu Post, respectively. I also helped launch Republica daily and its website, www.myrepublica.com. Later, I founded a fact-checking news website, www.southasiacheck.org under the aegis of Panos South Asia, a media development nonprofit, as its executive director overseeing the operation in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. As a reporter and an editor for the newspapers in South Asia, I have covered war, earthquakes, unequal citizenship for women in Nepal, human rights, refugees, politics, parliament, foreign affairs and civil aviation. I am passionate about journalism’s watchdog role. The attacks on independent media only go to demonstrate its vital role. In my spare time, I like to take long walks, and read, especially about people who never give up – whether they are featured in an article, an anecdote, or a book. I am a 2007 Nieman fellow. I have also received training in investigative reporting from the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (NECIR) at Boston University and audited a week-long course on investigative journalism at Columbia Journalism School, both in 2011.
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By Damakant Jayshi Verified| Wausau Pilot and Review Verified Damakant JayshiThe Marathon County Board of Supervisors is eyeing a proposal to purchase three properties in Kronenwetter for a new Highway Department headquarters. The properties – at 2342, 2338 and 2388 Old Hwy. 51 – are expected to cost a combined $795,000. The latter two parcels, owned by Wisconsin Public Service, carry a restrictive covenant that prohibits residential development
By Damakant Jayshi Verified| Wausau Pilot and Review Verified Damakant JayshiThe Marathon County Board of Canvass has concluded that prescribed ballot-handling procedures were not followed in the recent election in the Village of Kronenwetter. The results of the election remain unchanged. “The end of night procedure laid out in the Election Day Manual was not followed – place ballots in bags, seal bags, and then sign,” the Canvass Board said, after reviewing statements from election inspectors during its meeting on Wednesday
By Damakant Jayshi Verified| Wausau Pilot and Review Verified Damakant JayshiA Wausau School Board member is criticizing a city alder for what he described as an unfair public characterization of the district’s finances during the failed spring 2025 operational referendum effort. Board member Pat McKee, speaking after a five-year budget plan presentation Monday, took exception to the remarks reportedly made by Dist. 10 Alder Lou Larson
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Wausau Pilot and Review
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
+1 202-434-5000