Local journalist Bridgette Adu-Wadier makes covering the news look easy.
In three years, Adu-Wadier has managed to publish a range of hard-hitting stories on everything from race and equity to voter turnout and climate change. Her work has appeared in various local and national publications in print and broadcast form, and it has made her one of the most well-respected journalists in the city of Alexandria. And Adu-Wadier has yet to finish her senior year at T.C. Williams High School.
Adu-Wadier, who was named one of PBS News Hour’s 20 under 20 Up and Coming Storytellers in 2020 and awarded a prestigious QuestBridge scholarship to attend Northwestern University this coming fall, said that reporting has been anything but easy.