Arizona Daily Star reporter Caitlin Schmidt's top 5 stories of 2021
We are sharing Arizona Daily Star reporters' and photographers' favorite work from 2021.
Caitlin Schmidt is the Star’s solutions reporter, covering people and places working to fix social problems and fill gaps in equity. She also writes sports features and investigations.
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Tucson police recently gave six known drug dealers a chance to turn their lives around and avoid prosecution that could send them to prison for years. It was the first time Tucson has used this strategy, found to be effective in other cities in reducing drug sales and violent crime.
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Desiree Cook is the founder of nonprofit I Am You 360, which serves youths in foster care by providing customized personal hygiene products, mentoring experience, life skills training and most recently, short-term housing. DeGeneres was impressed.
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Transgender women of color are disproportionally affected by fatal violence, due in part to unequal access to safe housing.
Sgt. Antwoine Robinson is quick to attribute his ability to handle the "intense situation" quickly and calmly to training provided by the Tucson Police Department.
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