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Sasha Chavkin is an investigative reporter specializing in the environment, Latin America, and public corruption. He was the lead reporter for OCCRP's "Nicaragua's Forgotten Deforestation Crisis"...

March 9, 2022

Nyah Phengsitthy (Class of 2023) is a student at Elon University majoring in communication design and media analytics. She currently serves as the managing editor of the school newspaper, The Pendulum...

Before joining the Pulitzer Center, Susan Ferriss was an investigative journalist at the Center for Public Integrity. Her award-winning stories changed school policing policies that criminalize...

Natasha T Miller is the co-host of the Tracked and Traced podcast and the Community Engagement Manager for Science Gallery at Michigan State University. Natasha is a Detroit, Michigan native...

Antajuan Scott is the co-host of the WDET Tracked and Traced podcast. Antajuan is a Detroit-based curator and the Head of Programming for Science Gallery at Michigan State University. His professional...

Avishay Artsy is an audio and print journalist based in Los Angeles. He works at the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture and hosts the school's podcast, Works In Progress. His stories have...

Tom Perkins is a freelance reporter in Hamtramck, Michigan. He writes about food, the environment, and politics for a range of local and national outlets.

Patrick Vaughan is an engineer and science communicator who works on projects that can directly help people. In one podcast, he explores the foster care system as it currently exists, the apparent...

Shanmin Sultana holds a bachelor's in sociology from Wayne State University and works as lead mediator for Science Gallery at Michigan State University. She has served as a producer for the Science of...

Eli Newman is an award-winning journalist at WDET, Detroit's public radio station, covering government and community affairs. His stories on housing, water policy, and public corruption have appeared...

Russ McNamara is a reporter and anchor for WDET, Detroit's public radio station. He covers state government, policing, social equity, and civil rights. McNamara's reporting has been featured on NPR...

Eleanore Catolico is a Detroit-based freelance journalist and an associate producer for Alive in Detroit, a documentary exploring inequities in the city's health care system. The film is expected to...