Author Bios

Lily Altavena is a national reporter at Chalkbeat. Contact Lily at [email protected].

Julia Malleck is a contributor to Documented.

Jeremy Busby is a writer and activist incarcerated in Texas. He is the founder of JoinJeremy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the works of incarcerated journalists and writers …

Anika Jane Beamer covers the environment and climate change in Iowa, with a particular focus on water, soil and CAFOs. A lifelong Midwesterner, she writes about changing ecosystems from …

Heath Druzin is a reporter and podcaster, who covers extremism, politics and the environment. He's the host and creator of the award-winning podcast “Extremely American,” which looks at the …

Beth Geglia is an anthropologist and documentarian focused on urban political economy, land politics, and tech-futurist territorial movements. She holds a Ph.D. from American University and is based in …

Melissa Whitler is a local Minnesota education reporter with a background in economic analysis. She is a Minneapolis Public Schools parent.

Alyssa Chen is a Minnesota Reformer data reporter with a focus on health care policy. Previously, she was a research assistant in health policy at Harvard Medical School. She …

Susan Raffo is a writer and bodyworker living in Mnisota Makoce, Minneapolis. You can find out about her work at www.susanraffo.com.

Eddie Velazquez is a journalist in upstate New York focused on covering organized labor, and the state’s housing and childhood lead poisoning crises. You can follow his work on …