United States

Ashira Morris is a freelance reporter based between Sofia, Bulgaria, and Tallahassee, Florida. Her work is focused on local environments. She has written for PBS NewsHour, Foreign Policy, and...

Brandy Tomhave, an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation, has dedicated her legal career to untangling federal policies that undermine tribal sovereignty and violate the rights of Native people...

Thea Wilshire works as a psychologist, author, and educator. With over two decades of work in health care delivery and consulting throughout Indian Country, Wilshire is an expert in rural and tribal...

Sarah Swan is the director of communications and audience engagement at the Pulitzer Center. Before joining the Center, she worked as an account director at Media Cause, where she led cross-functional...

John Diedrich is an investigative reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, examining areas such as workplace risks, gun store regulations, and dangers in mixed martial arts. He previously covered...

Daphne Chen is an investigative and data reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Previously, she covered health and medicine at the Deseret News in Salt Lake City. She spent a year on a...

Raquel Rutledge is an investigative reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where she covers a variety of subjects from health and science to crime and taxes. Her investigation into fraud in...

Sam Turken is a news reporter for WHRO Public Media, covering the environment, housing, and other social justice issues. Since joining the eastern Virginia NPR station in 2020, he’s broken stories...

Tracy L. Barnett is an independent writer, editor, and photographer specializing in environmental issues, Indigenous culture, and human rights. She is the founding editor of The Esperanza Project, a...

Laura Magaña is president and CEO of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health. Prior to joining ASPPH, Magaña was dean at Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública in Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Central New York native Jim Olech shoots, edits, and produces multiple high-profile programs and projects for WCNY. Olech obtained his master's from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and...

Chad Patterson is a producer at WCNY. Responsible for producing, shooting, and editing, Patterson has led several projects, including two seasons of Cycle of Health, Better Late Than Never Prom, and...