Author Bios

Lyle Muller is an Iowa-based journalist, that state's PolitiFact editor and professional coach/advisor for student newspapers at the University of Iowa and Grinnell College. He formerly was executive editor …

Edward Perez is an expert in election technology and election administration. He is currently global director of technology development at the OSET Institute, a non-partisan, nonprofit engaged in election …

Charlene Aleck just completed her third term as elected council of Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN), a First Nations government in the Canadian province of British Columbia. She is working on …

Dee J. Hall is a co-founder of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

Geoff Hing is a Chicago-based journalist and cultural worker who specializes in programmatic data exploration and visualization. He has worked with NPR, City Bureau, The Chicago Reporter, the Chicago …

Élan Young is a freelance writer in Tennessee with stories on disability, environment, politics and culture. Her work can be found in Smithsonian, HuffPost, Sojourners, and more. She tweets …

Nat Towsen is a comedian and nonfiction writer whose work has appeared in Esquire, Vice, CollegeHumor and The Onion. He is also a writer and editor at the creative …

Charles Sepulveda (Tongva and Acjachemen) is an assistant professor of ethnic studies at the University of Utah. He is the author of “Our Sacred Waters: Theorizing Kuuyam as a Decolonial Possibility” …

Daniel Rivero is a reporter and producer for WLRN, covering Latino and criminal justice issues. Before joining the team, he was an investigative reporter and producer on the television …

Caitie Switalski is a contributor at WLRN. She can be reached at [email protected] and @caitielee0917 on Twitter.