Maddie Rhodes
Maddie Rhodes is a Denver-based writer with nearly a decade of publishing experience in travel, food, culture, sports and breaking news.
Before joining USA TODAY's Pets and Food team as a digital content producer, she worked at KDVR in Denver as a senior digital producer. She focused on trending local stories, covering anything from $2.5K martinis to a beloved castle that took one man 60 years to build. During her time at Nexstar, her work was published in The Hill, NewsNation and several other major outlets. Her work is also published in BuzzFeed, Popsugar and local news stations across the country.
Maddie is originally from Boston and spent several years in upstate New York while earning her bachelor’s at Le Moyne College and master’s at S.I. Newhouse School Of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
When Maddie’s offline, she’s trying out the latest new restaurants, finding thrifted clothes at local vintage stores and camping in Colorado mountains.
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