Madison Carmouche-Soward
Madison Carmouche-Soward covers education for the CBS-affiliated television station WKYT, with a focus on how school governance, finances, and policy decisions affect students, families, and staff. Her reporting stands out for staying with complicated district stories over multiple meetings and formats, tracking how conflicts over money, leadership, and safety play out in public.
School boards, budgets, and public frustration
Carmouche-Soward spends much of her time on the Fayette County Board of Education and its finances, documenting how budget decisions and accounting problems trigger public frustration. In her coverage of a board meeting where residents voiced anger over district finances and the superintendent’s paid leave, she follows both the formal presentation of numbers and the reaction from speakers who question trust and transparency in the system. Across her recent work she returns to budget updates, tax-rate debates, and explanations of carry-forward balances, giving viewers clear language for understanding why the district says one number and critics cite another. She treats these stories as ongoing, revisiting the same fiscal issues at subsequent meetings instead of presenting them as one-off controversies.
District communications and community access
Her education beat also includes how school leaders communicate with the community outside regular board meetings. She promotes and then covers Q&A-style sessions held by Fayette County Public Schools at the Price Administration Building, explaining how district officials plan to answer questions about finances and leadership decisions. She highlights when the district changes its outreach strategy, pointing viewers to new opportunities to ask questions in person and positioning those events within the broader tension over trust in the school system.
Spotlighting school programs and local partnerships
Alongside conflict-driven coverage, Carmouche-Soward reports on school-based initiatives and collaborations that shape students’ day-to-day experiences. She has helped invite the community to visit projects like Onyx Patchworks, a local exhibit hosted in a college library that connects education, art, and community history. In these stories she emphasizes student work, school-community partnerships, and the role of local institutions in expanding learning beyond the classroom, balancing her harder-edged accountability coverage with examples of schools as civic hubs.
Multimedia reporting and on-air anchoring
Carmouche-Soward works as a multimedia journalist at WKYT, handling reporting, graphics, editing, and photography as part of her coverage. Earlier in her career she reported for another Kentucky television newsroom, gaining experience as a producer, reporter, and anchor while still focusing on community-centered stories. On social platforms and professional profiles she describes herself as a weekend evening anchor who especially values stories about education, people, and local institutions, which aligns with her sustained attention to public schools and the people who rely on them.
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Alan J. Borsuk
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Alexandra Hardle
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