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Kolbie Satterfield
Kolbie is a junior broadcast journalism major with a meteorology minor at the University of Missouri.
She chose to leave her small town of St. James, Missouri to get at degree in journalism from the world's top journalism institute.
In addition to working at the Capitol for Missouri Digital News, Kolbie has worked for KOMU-TV an NBC affiliate in Columbia, Mo. for the past three years as a reporter, anchor, and digital producer.
When she is not studying or being a journalist she likes to spend her time cooking, reading, or hunting.
Kolbie is expected to graduate in May 2016 and hopes to get a job as a reporter in a market on the east coast, so far she has a special interest in agriculture and political reporting.
Stories by Kolbie Satterfield in 2015 include:
04/13/2015: Law enforcement officers could have tighter deadly force restrictions http://bit.ly/1DxpI1b
04/13/2015: Law enforcement officers could have tighter deadly force restrictions http://bit.ly/1CCsXmh
04/15/2015: Senate discusses health concerns over new fracking bill http://bit.ly/1DxpI1b
04/20/2015: Senate perfects bill that would improve Missouri fracking http://bit.ly/1yKAH9E
04/22/2015: Police footage could be kept private in the state of Missouri http://bit.ly/1DxpI1b
04/22/2015: Police body camera footage to be made private, pending bill's passage http://bit.ly/1yTFTIF
04/29/2015: Red light cameras in Missouri could be a thing of the past http://bit.ly/1DxpI1b
04/29/2015: Missouri House voted for red light cameras to be a thing of the past http://bit.ly/1KuQhrm
05/04/2015: House committee hears Ferguson-related deadly force bill http://bit.ly/1Ka0atU
Kolbie Satterfield's Blog in 2015 A recocurring pattern in comittee room 5
Posted 03/18/2015:
The House Security Infrastructure Committee has had several meetings regarding the security of the Capitol complex.
I have attended two of those meetings and will another similar today. The first two meetings the committee has went into closed session, forcing all of the media and public to leave the hearing.
The last meeting held was short a few committee members and therefore could not go into closed session. When there is not a quorum the meeting must remain public until it can then go into executive session. Once in executive session the meeting can then be closed.
During the first ten or so minutes the second meeting was public, Cathy Brown the Director of
Capitol Facilities Management spoke about how some of the
seventy-five million dollars of Capitol security funds would be used.
"The other $35 would be for the MoDOT building and moves those folks
into other MoDOT space within the community. In addition to that would
potentially build a tunnel to this building and MoDOT," Brown said.
After Brown finished this statement a quorum was reached and the press was asked to leave.
The Emerging Issues Committee is meeting today and hopefully some of the information discussed in the House Infrastructure Committee meeting during the private sessions will come to light.
Meeting a Congresswoman
Posted 02/23/2015:
Congresswoman Ann Wagner made a trip to Jefferson City last week to testify on behalf of a sex trafficking bill.
Wagner passed a similar bill through Congress and spoke on behalf of Missouri doing a similar one.
The bill would make it illegal to adverstise children for sex trafficking purposes.
For example websites where people can order children to a hotel room as easy as ordering pizza would be made illegal.
Following her testimony herself and Elijah Haahr who is sponsoring the bill held a media conference for question and answers.
There was no voting on the bill.
First few weeks in the Capitol
Posted 02/09/2015:
The first few weeks working for MDN have been a continuous learning process.
I came into the newsroom not really knowing what to expect with doing radio stories or being in the State Capitol, but it has been a fun adventure none the less.
One thing I quickly learned was that every floor of the Capitol is a continuous circle, therefore even when I get really lost I can always figure it out eventually.
I think I may have the jist down of what is required for each shift but there's always a few things I begin to understand more each day.
In the past few weeks here I have been primarily covering the Dairy Revitalization Act that goes along with the Farm Bill.
The dairy bill would make scholarships available to students wanting to pursue a career in agriculture as well as provide money for dairy farmers.
The farm bill will be discussed even further this week so I look forward to continuing that coverage.
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