Author Bios

Gabriel Matias Castilho reports on the Washington, D.C. area. Previously, he worked for Capitol News Illinois, covering environmental policy, energy and utilities across the state. He is currently a …

Sam Stockard is a veteran Tennessee reporter and editor, having written for the Daily News Journal in Murfreesboro, where he served as lead editor when the paper won an …

Amy K. Matsui, J.D., is vice president for child care and income security at the National Women’s Law Center, and a Public Voices Fellow of The OpEd Project in Partnership with the National …

Charles Paullin is a Richmond, Virginia-based reporter focusing on energy and environment issues. He’s won several awards for his previous work covering state policy with the Virginia Mercury and …

Ayden Runnels is the afternoon/evening reporter. Previously, they were a breaking news reporter for the Las Vegas Sun. A graduate of the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University …

Ebony JJ Curry is a fellow at The 19th. She previously covered Black entrepreneurship in Detroit’s tech sector as an NBCUniversal fellow and served as a senior reporter at …

Wes Muller has been with the Illuminator since its founding and covers politics, energy, economics and environment. He traces his journalism roots back to age 13 when he built …

Kyle Davidson covers state government alongside health care, business and the environment. A graduate of Michigan State University, Kyle studied journalism and political science. He previously covered community events, …

Mat Nashed is an award-nominated journalist who has covered the MENA region since the Arab Spring. He was previously the feature's print correspondent for Al Jazeera English and has written …

Eram Alam is an associate professor in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University. She specializes in the history of medicine, with a particular emphasis on …