Illinois

Alex Gary spent more than 22 years as a full-time journalist at newspapers in Beloit, Wisconsin, and Rockford, Illinois. He served as a reporter or editor in almost every subject matter, ranging from...

Laura recently graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in Journalism and International Studies. In the past, she has worked at places like Hoy and the Center for Public Integrity, and this...

Amelia Blakely started in journalism in 2017 as a reporter for the Daily Egyptian at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. In 2018, she became the news editor for the DE before starting at WSIU...

Kayla Hui (she/her) graduated from Boston University's School of Public Health with a Master's degree in Health Communication and Promotion and Maternal and Child Health. Kayla has specialized in...

Bill Bush is a retired Partner at BDT & MSD Partners and co-founded BDT Capital Partners, a registered investment advisor of the firm. He also serves as an advisor to BDT & MSD Partners. Previously...

Jaya Mukherjee is a Chicago-based manager for the education team at the Pulitzer Center. In her previous job, she managed creative writing programs for Chicago Public School students, focusing on...

Tony Briscoe is an environmental reporter with The Chicago Tribune who has written extensively about issues facing the Great Lakes and the impacts of climate change in the Midwest. Since joining the...

Nikhil Mandalaparthy is a journalist, organizer, researcher, and arts curator. His writing and reporting on religion and politics in South Asia and the global South Asian diaspora has been published...

María Inés Zamudio covers immigration for WBEZ. She is an award-winning investigative reporter who is now part of the race, class, and communities team. Prior to joining WBEZ, she worked for American...

Brent E. Huffman is an award-winning director, writer, and cinematographer of documentaries and television programs. His work ranges from documentaries aired on Netflix, Discovery Channel, National...

Martha Bayne is a Chicago-based freelance journalist. Her work has been published in Buzzfeed, The Baffler, Belt Magazine, The Chicago Reporter, The Chicago Reader, Eater, and Puerto Rico's Centro de...

Kari Lydersen is a Chicago-based journalist, author and lecturer at the Medill School of Journalism, where she leads the Social Justice & Investigative specialization in the graduate program. She has...