Franziska Wild

Editorial Intern – Summer 2024 + Spring 2025

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Franzi Wild is a senior at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, studying Culture and Politics and Arabic. Originally from Chicago, she did a tour in campus journalism, serving as both news and features editor of the Georgetown Voice.  She’s passionate about empathetic local journalism, curious about everything and everyone, and enjoys long walks, libraries, and legumes.

Articles

Encampment Updates: Closures continue as residents shuffle around the city

Franziska Wild
Three people, two young men and a woman in a wheelchair, pose in front of a fence.

Homeless shelters nearly full as seasonal shelters close

Franziska Wild

Her encampment was closed the most in 2024. “Why are you doing this?” she asks.

Franziska Wild
A Black woman in a pink coat stands against an orange wall near her encampment

Encampment updates: As closures increase, so does frustration and displacement

Franziska Wild
A white woman in a pink shirt carries two black trash bags across grass.

Encampment updates: Back-to-back closures cause “anguish”

Franziska Wild

D.C. will no longer only close encampments for health and safety, paving the way for more closures

Franziska Wild

‘It’s no longer about reception’ D.C. Office of Migrant Services closes all but one shelter

Franziska Wild
A large brown hotel building with the signage removed

A night with the organizations surveying D.C.’s homeless

Franziska Wild
A crowd of people in front of a blue screen that reads welcome.

Encampment updates: Most closures postponed due to cold weather

Madi Koesler
Through two black curved bars, viewers can see a city worker and encampments.

What the Trump administration means for people experiencing homelessness 

Franziska Wild
A man on his phone and a man with a cart of Donald Trump merchandise cross the street in front of a fence.