Author Bios

Vivian La is the Michigan regional reporter for Grist and Interlochen Public Radio. Her work has appeared in WBUR, Science Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, and Illinois Public Media. Originally …

Madyson Fitzgerald is a content producer and staff writer for Stateline.

Fayha' Shalash is a Palestinian journalist from Ramallah in the West Bank. She graduated in 2008 from Birzeit University with a degree in radio and television. She writes human …

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.