2021-2022 Corps Members

Meet our corps members. Incredible journalists, plus veterans, career changers, and even Olympians. You can use the categories below to filter by location, beat, medium, and year.

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Riane Roldan

KUT

Costs and benefits of suburban growth in Hays County

McKenna Ross

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Non-profit and charity sector business reporting

Becca Savransky

Idaho Statesman

Watchdog reporting on the state of public education

Megan Sayles

The AFRO-American Newspaper

Business news affecting Baltimore's African-American community

Eric Schmid

St. Louis Public Radio

Community reporting in the Metro East area in Illinois

Alex Schwartz

Herald and News

Endangered species, water rights and other issues associated with a dam removal

Maria Sestito

The Desert Sun

Growing senior population in the Palm Springs area

Julia Shanahan

Rappahannock News & Foothills Forum

The changing nature of public services in Rappahannock County

Elizabeth Shwe

Maryland Matters--Health

Health policy, including status of asbestos victims

Lynandro Simmons

Athens Banner-Herald

Marginalized communities around Athens as part of an Equality Lab

Benjamin Simon

The Hastings Banner

Barry County, Michigan community coverage

Casey Smith

Associated Press IN

Indiana state legislature, with special focus on local elections and education funding

Ari Snider

Maine Public

African and Asian refugee communities in Maine

Douglas Soule

Mountain State Spotlight

In-depth coverage of West Virginia's business and economy

Lucia Starbuck

KUNR Public Radio

Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in northern Nevada

Jacob Steimer

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Poverty, power and public policy in Memphis and Shelby County

Kate Stockrahm

FlintBeat.com

Flint's business community, including its nonprofit sector

Olivia Sun

The Colorado Sun

Visual storytelling around Colorado

Isabelle Taft

Sun Herald

Vietnamese and African American neighborhoods

Megan Taros

The Arizona Republic

African-American and Latino communities in South Phoenix

Carrington Tatum

MLK50: Justice Through Journalism

Poverty, power and public policy in Memphis and Shelby County

Liz Teitz

Ouray County Plaindealer newspaper

Affordable housing issues among the working class in Ouray County

Elizabeth Thompson

North Carolina Health News

Gender health, inmate/prison health and other topics

Camalot Todd

Spectrum News Buffalo

Mental health in Western New York

Amanda Ulrich

The Desert Sun

Native American issues in Riverside and San Bernardino

Frank Vaisvilas

Green Bay Press-Gazette

Native American issues in Green Bay and Wisconsin

Megan Valley

Belleville News-Democrat

K-12 education in Belleville

Rose Varela

el Nuevo Herald

Nicaraguan, Honduran, Dominican and other Latino communities

Anthony Vazquez

Chicago Sun Times

Photojournalism of South and West sides of Chicago

Sarah Volpenhein

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Hmong, Native American and other under-covered ethnic communities

Adria Walker

Democrat and Chronicle

Public education in the "last in nation" district

Silas Walker

Lexington Herald Leader

Photojournalist for rural communities

Adria Watson

The Connecticut Mirror

Education issues in Connecticut

Chris Welter

WYSO Public Radio

Climate change and environmental issues

Jenny Whidden

Granite State News Collaborative

New Hampshire statehouse and tracking of any racial justice-related legislation

Jordan Wilkie

Carolina Public Press

Voting systems and election fraud in North Carolina

Nirvani Williams

New England Public Media

Socio-economic disparities, as part of an Equity Team based in Springfield.

Adam Willis

The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead

Statewide business issues; some election coverage

Sam Wilson

Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Photography in rural Montana

Jake Wittich

Block Club Chicago

Lakeview/Boystown/Lincoln Park areas of Chicago

Charlie Wolfson

PublicSource

Elections and local government and democracy in Pittsburgh

Rose Wong

Tampa Bay Times

Health care and mental health in Tampa Bay region