RADIO / PODCAST

Kaitlyn Nicholas

Kaitlyn Nicholas reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings, Montana, where she concentrates on Native American issues including the crisis of murdered and missing indigenous women, water rights, conflicts with nearby communities and other issues affecting the federally recognized tribes in Montana and Wyoming. An audio journalist, Nicholas recently completed her master’s in journalism at New York University, where her stories often focused on the intersection of biological engineering, history the U.S. legal system. While in graduate school, she also worked as an archival researcher for the history podcast, “Fiasco.” In 2019 she was an intern at Yellowstone Public Radio. NIcholas earned her Bachelor's in English from Montana State University.   

Kevin Trevellyan

Kevin Trevellyan reports for Yellowstone Public Radio in Billings, Montana, where he focuses on the Montana statehouse. An audio journalist interested in public policy and natural resource issues, Trevellyan didn’t understand the power of auditory storytelling—and hearing sources express themselves in their own voice—until beginning a Montana Public Radio internship last year after enrolling in the University of Montana’s environmental journalism master’s program. (He receives his degree in 2020.) Before that Trevellyan reported for the Post Register daily newspaper in Idaho Falls, Idaho, writing about everything from food baskets to radioactive waste. He learned the importance of local journalism while watching eastern Idaho’s depleted news outlets struggle to cover big issues and hold local decision-makers accountable. Trevellyan grew up in San Diego and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in journalism.  

Sara Ernst

Sara Willa Ernst reports for KERA and The Texas Newsroom, a journalism collaboration among the public radio stations of Texas and NPR, where she covers health disparities related to factors including income that affect Houston communities. Ernst was a Reporting Fellow at New Hampshire Public Radio, working both in daily news and long-form podcasting. During her time there, she was a producer for the podcasts The Second Greatest Show On Earth and Outside/In. She co-reported a two-part podcast on sex education in New Hampshire, covering topics from the statewide curriculum, abstinence-based education, LGBTQ inclusivity, consent and more. Before working on the podcast team, she was a General Assignment Reporter in the NHPR newsroom, covering the charter school debate embroiling the Granite State and the 2020 New Hampshire Presidential Primary. After graduating from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Ernst interned for NPR in Washington D.C. She previously held internships at Nashville Public Radio and WBUR Boston. She was a Chips Quinn Scholar in 2018 and is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.

Anna Van Dine

Anna Van Dine reports for Vermont Public Radio, where she is covering the deeper issues revealed by the coronavirus pandemic, and helping produce and co-host VPR’s daily podcast, “The Frequency.” Van Dine first joined VPR as an intern in the summer of 2019. She was also the News Director at WNYU, New York University’s student-run radio station, where she oversaw student podcast production and the weekly news show. Van Dine has training in oral history and was an interviewer for the New York Public Library (NYPL) Rikers Public Memory Project. Prior to that, she spent time at StoryCorps and the Vermont Folklife Center. Van Dine grew up in the Mad River Valley in Central Vermont. She is a graduate of NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

Dante Miller

Dante Miller reports for WFAE/Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Digital Public Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, a partnership of the local NPR station and the region’s largest public library system. She focuses on expanding Wikipedia entries that both describe and impact the community and uses public forums to help get the community’s input. Miller knows the area well. She covered community-based stories during her time as a reporter and freelancer for QCityMetro, Charlotte’s leading digital platform for the African-American community. She was the Union County Reporter for Charlotte Media Group, the owners of Union County Weekly, South Charlotte Weekly, and Matthews Mint Hill Weekly. Miller is a proud alumna of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and received her Bachelor's of Science in journalism and mass communications in August 2017. As a student, she served as the first Yard Section Editor for her university newspaper, which focused on hard and campus news stories. During her free time, Miller enjoys reading, singing and writing poetry. She's a military brat who was born in Arlington, Texas, but raised in Wilson, North Carolina.

Anthony Orozco

Anthony Orozco reports for WITF, NPR radio and PBS television stations, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he focuses on the Latino community in Redding, Lebanon and other towns and cities along the state’s Route 222 corridor. Orozco comes to the job with a body of work devoted to community storytelling, watchdog journalism and immigration coverage. He began as a reporter and later the news editor at the University of Cincinnati’s independent student newspaper, The News Record. After graduating in 2012, Orozco immediately jumped into daily news reporting at the Reading Eagle newspaper in Reading, Pennsylvania. He specialized in writing about Latino affairs, covered breaking news and eventually took a senior position as the paper’s City Hall reporter. Orozco left the newspaper in 2019 to become an independent investigative reporter, examining issues such as local water quality, as well as telling client stories for nonprofit organizations. Orozco is also an accomplished poet and performer.  

Alanna Elder

Alanna Elder reports for WITF, NPR radio and PBS television stations, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she focuses on Latinos in central Pennsylvania and the 2020 elections, how the growing community will make its influence felt, what barriers to voting exist and how it might affect this battleground state. Elder served as deputy editor, podcast producer, and contributor for the Latin America News Dispatch while pursuing a master’s degree in journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University. In 2018, she worked as a morning edition host and reporter at KFSK Community Radio in Petersburg, Alaska, and won an Alaska Press Club award for her feature reporting. Elder got her start in journalism at Wyoming Public Radio, where she reported on a variety of topics including mental health, economic development and the environment. She also collaborated on WPR’s award-winning podcast, HumaNature. She holds a B.S. in Agroecology and Environment and Natural Resources from the University of Wyoming, which is based in her hometown of Laramie.  

Yellowstone Public Radio

Yellowstone Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, is the largest public radio network in the continental United States. Covering Billings, Bozeman, Helena and the rural areas of Montana and Northern Wyoming, YPR is the definitive news source for many of rural listeners, distributing news content over its website and mobile app.

WITF

WITF is a public media organization, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We have a history of serving a 19-county region (nearly one-third of the state’s population) that dates back more than 50 years. We have been a leader in establishing collaborative projects and content verticals with other Pennsylvania public media organizations. WITF is a multimedia organization that delivers content to our regional audience online and on-air through our radio and television stations and website. The station’s content verticals include PA Post, Transforming Health and StateImpact Pennsylvania.  

Yellowstone Public Radio

Yellowstone Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, is the largest public radio network in the continental United States. Covering Billings, Bozeman, Helena and the rural areas of Montana and Northern Wyoming, YPR is the definitive news source for many of rural listeners, distributing news content over its website and mobile app.