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Ben Blankenship is the lead video producer at The Outlaw Ocean Project, a nonprofit journalism organization based in Washington, D.C., that produces investigative stories about human rights, labor...

Deborah Gordon is a senior principal at RMI, a sustainability think tank, for its Climate Intelligence Program, where she co-leads the Oil and Gas Solutions Initiative. Gordon serves as a senior...

Chris Burrell is an investigative reporter, covering criminal justice, the environment, housing, immigration, and other topics at the GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting. His radio series...

July 16, 2024

Journalist Keith Matheny grew up in East Jordan, Michigan. He is a 2024 recipient of the Richard C. Longworth Media Fellowship, which aims to reconnect Midwestern readers with international stories...

Andrea Kalin is an award-winning documentary filmmaker, immersive artist, and the founder of Spark Media, a company dedicated to producing programs with a social conscience. She has produced and...

Ashlee Rezin is the photo editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. Her photojournalism has taken her across the Midwest and to Toronto, Canada, where she documented immigration effects in 2024. Rezin has won...

June 28, 2024

Meha Ahmad is a producer for WBEZ Chicago's Reset. She formerly produced The Morning Shift as well. Before making the switch to radio and coming to WBEZ, Ahmad worked for the international news outlet...

June 25, 2024

Sasha-Ann Simons is the host of Reset for WBEZ Chicago. She began her career as a journalist in television news 16 years ago and made the leap to public radio in 2015 at WXXI News, the NPR member...

June 25, 2024

Anthony Vazquez is a visual journalist for Chicago Sun-Times.

Chip Mitchell, a 2023 Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow, reports on public safety for WBEZ, Chicago’s NPR affiliate. His investigative and narrative reporting has earned dozens of local and national...

Elvia Malagón, a 2023 Richard C. Longworth Media Fellow, reports on social justice, immigration, and income inequality for the Chicago Sun-Times. She previously worked for the Chicago Tribune, The...