CAITLIN MCCABE
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I joined the Philadelphia Inquirer in March 2015, and currently am the paper's housing and residential real estate reporter. Before that, I covered the Pennsylvania suburbs, writing about everything from crime to politics to development.
  • Rotting from Within: How water intrusion in new homes turns American dreams to rot
  • A contractor without proper permits destroyed a family's home of 61 years. The DA is investigating.
  • Getting Away with Murder in Chester​
  • ​Law offices, clergy forged ties stymieing prosecutions
  • Is Philly's housing market still hot? As buyers grow nervous and tired, home prices are slowing
  • Risky makeover of Divine Lorraine takes another step forward
  • Amid a building boom, a North Philly property collapses, killing well-known contractor
  • Developer Ori Feibush out at controversial Bella Vista church site as new buyer takes over
  • Philly's new affordable housing proposal: Tax every new development
  • A case is dropped, but a pattern of race is raised
  • Chester teen's dreams gone in a flash​​​ ​
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Between Sept. 2014 and Dec. 2014, I interned at The Wall Street Journal in New York, writing for the health and science team. Among the internship highlights: traveling to Dallas for nearly a week to cover the Ebola crisis.
  • Ebola Still Weighs on Texas Hospital
  • Ebola Unease Hangs Over Dallas
  • ​Consumers Still Confused Ahead of Health-Care Sign-Ups
  • A-hed: Tech-Savvy Tots Talk to Cyber Santa
  • Virtual Reality Therapy Shows New Benefits
  • ​Can 3-D Printing of Living Tissue Speed Up Drug Development?
  • Cruise Ship Carrying Quarantined Health Worker Due in Texas on Sunday
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In the summer of 2014, I interned at Bloomberg News in New York, writing for the telecom and media team. There, I honed my abilities to write quickly on deadline, all while using the Bloomberg Terminal to analyze data.
  • BuzzFeed’s Valuation Tops Tribune’s Validates Approach
  • Hit Kardashian Video Game Lifts Glu Mobile From E-List
  • ​No Aereo? Alternatives Require More Money, Savvy
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In the summer of 2013, I interned on the business desk of The Charlotte Observer, the largest newspaper of the Carolinas. (Note: The Charlotte Observer removes articles from its website a few years after publication — the following links are PDFs of clips.)
  • Nearly 13,000 N.C. jobless stuck in backlogged benefits
  • Battle of the Doughnuts
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While a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall of 2013,  I helped  launch Synapse Magazine, the university's first independent tablet magazine devoted to investigative long-form journalism. With a small team of journalists, we crafted a business model, targeted an audience, and marketed an entirely new product.
  • The Cost of a Scandal: How three scandals in three years have left UNC-Chapel Hill with a $5 million bill | Finalist for SABEW's Best in Business Awards, 2013
  • The College Catch-22: When it comes to handling students whose behavior is self-threatening, universities are forced to make tough calls. How much intervention is too much?
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​At The Daily Tar Heel, UNC-Chapel Hill's student-run newspaper, I worked as a senior writer for three years between 2010-13. During my stint, I was the first to break a story about UNC-CH's handling of sexual assault — a story that garnered national attention and was later referenced in publications such as The New York Times.
  • UNC sexual assault victims speak up about imperfect system
  • Complaint: UNC pressured dean to underreport sexual assault cases
  • 5 submit complaint against UNC over sexual assault
  • Department of Education launches second review of UNC
  • Chancellor Holden Thorp halts controversial Gambill hearing
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