Author Bios

Hayley Harding is a Detroit-based reporter who has covered government and elections at all levels. Most recently, she was a data journalist on The Detroit News’ investigations team, where …

Jen Fifield is a contributor to Votebeat. She previously covered Maricopa County and Phoenix for The Arizona Republic, including the high-profile review of the county’s 2020 election. Prior to …

Natalia Contreras has covered a range of topics as a community journalist including local government, public safety, immigration, and social issues. Natalia comes to Votebeat from the Austin American-Statesman, …

Jacqui Germain is a journalist and poet living in St. Louis, Missouri. She’s the author of Bittering the Wound, her debut poetry collection about the Ferguson Uprising.

J. Patrick Patterson is the Associate Editor at In These Times. He has previously worked as a politics editor, copy editor, fact-checker and reporter. His writing on economic policies and …

Carter Walker is a reporter for Votebeat in partnership with Spotlight PA. Contact Carter at [email protected].

Matthew Kish is a business reporter who covers the apparel and banking industries. He previously wrote for Business Insider and the Portland Business Journal. In 2017-18, he was a …

Agnel Philip is a data reporter at ProPublica.

Rob Davis is a reporter covering the Pacific Northwest for ProPublica.

Maddie Khaw is a journalist based in Portland, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts. She is currently finishing her undergraduate degree in Journalism at Emerson College in Boston, where she is …