Caitlin Scanlon

Legislative Director, Maryland General Assembly

United States

She/her, 29, Baltimore currently. Published (official and self) writer with a BA in Urban Studies BA from Hunter College (CUNY) who works as a Legislative Director for a Maryland State Delegate and previously worked administratively and electorally in politics in NYC.

I regularly write weekly newsletter content, have written articles on mental and physical health and politics, regularly take and edit photographs and videos, and am fluent in content creation for social media (including graphic design software). I have a particular interest writing about urban issues, especially public transportation, urban agriculture, and disaster planning and mitigation. Okay, also dogs...

Please note that my portfolio here and on Flickr are in the process of being updated (the latter of which I will link here when closer to completion), and a blog and YouTube channel will be made and linked when time allots. My linked Twitter and Instagram are also personal accounts, though feel free to peruse to see examples of my photography on Instagram or contact me via either account, or via LinkedIn.

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NewsWire NewYork
07/27/2017
New Yorkers Fight Back Against Trump Trans Ban

New York, N.Y. - A mass protest occurred yesterday in the middle of crowded Times Square to vocally protest President Donald Trump's announcement that transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to serve in the United States military. The decision appeared to come out of left field, being abruptly announced on Twitter so quickly that...

NewsWire NewYork
05/05/2017
Malliotakis Goes Mayoral

New York, N.Y. - On a rainy morning on May 5th, Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican and sitting state Assembly member for Staten Island and a small part of Bay Ridge, announced her candidacy for mayor of the City of New York to a small crowd on the steps of City Hall.

NewsWire NewYork
03/08/2017
GOP Mayoral Forum: Massey Argues Credibility; Faulkner Shows Charisma

On the first of March the Republican Party of Brooklyn hosted a forum (the first of many, according to the executive committee) for two mayoral hopefuls on the GOP ticket - Paul Massey, the moderate Bloomberg-like contender originally from Boston, and the charismatic conservative reverend and former New York Jet Michael Faulkner - at the...

NewsWire NewYork
04/18/2017
Eisenbach Talks Issues With East Villagers

On the evening of April 12, local East Village cocktail bar The Wayland hosted an event to promote David Eisenbach, a Columbia University history professor and television personality who is running against incumbent Letitia James and community activist Tony Herbert for the office of NYC Public Advocate.

Personal Essay/Opinion

NewsWire NewYork
07/27/2017
On Service: A Response to Trump's Transgender Military Ban

As a member of the LGBT community the greater New York City area, my struggles are not immense. I feel free to reveal and discuss my bisexuality knowing that most likely the worst that will come of it will be some lewd comment from a man who will have ended our conversation then and there...

NewsWire NewYork
05/12/2017
Stop The Stigma: Language And Mental Illness

OPINION / Caitlin Scanlon The month of May usually brings warmer weather and some well-deserved time off for college students, but for people struggling with mental illness it has recently taken on a much deeper significance. May has been declared by the United States Congress to be National Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month and, as...