Author Bios

Alma Campos is the South Side Weekly’s immigration reporter and project editor.

Joel Westheimer is professor of democracy and education at the University of Ottawa and an education columnist for the Canadian Broadcasting Company. Westheimer is a member of the National Academy of …

Jim Daley is Southside Weekly’s investigations editor.

Gabby Birenbaum is the Washington correspondent for the Texas Tribune. She covers the Texas congressional delegation and the impact of federal policy on Texas. Gabby previously covered Washington for …

Mia Maldonado began working at the Oregon Capital Chronicle in 2025 to cover the Oregon Legislature and state agencies with a focus on social services. She began her journalism …

C. Frances is a freelance journalist from the American South. Her work currently centers around protesters facing state repression, resistance to environmental degradation, and radical politics in rural places.

John Loeppky is a disabled freelance journalist who lives and works on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has written for outlets of all kinds about disability, …

Cameron Oakes is a staff editor at Rewire News Group. She has covered health care, the criminal justice system, and politics — and is passionate about improving public records access. …

Rachel Rebouché is the G. Rollie White Teaching Excellence Chair in Law Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She previously served as Dean of Temple University Beasley …

Sabena Chaudhry is a freelance journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from New York University. She has previously worked in local broadcast news. …