Astrid Casimire (@astridcasimire) is a reporter with Bay City News, a wire service in the San Francisco Bay Area, and its nonprofit partner site LocalNewsMatters.org. Astrid reports on the ins and outs of San Mateo County, covering the COVID-19 pandemic, some breaking news, local meetings and equity issues. She grew up in Trinidad and Tobago and studied human biology and journalism at Stanford University.

Sara Ernst (@sarawilla1) is a radio reporter at Houston Public Media. She covers health disparities in the city with the largest uninsured population in the country. Although she has lived in five states in the past three years, Texas is the farthest west she’s been.

Genevieve Finn is a freelance journalist originally from the San Francisco Bay Area but will soon be based in Dublin. Previously, Genevieve was a staff writer at a small newspaper called The Malibu Times, where she covered everything from city hall politics and the local school board to elephant seal pup releases and wildfires. Before that, she was an intern for The New York Times’ Australia bureau and GQ Australia.

Natasha Grzincic (@tashgrz) is the deputy editor at VICE Canada and the force behind Tipping Point, VICE’s series on environmental justice. Previously, Natasha put the mother in Motherboard (as senior editor) and introduced Cheese Day at the Toronto Star (as digital news lead). She’s also a co-founder of Canadian Journalists of Colour, a networking and resource-sharing group for racialized journalists that is now over 1,000 strong.

Esther Yoon-Ji Kang (@estheryjkang) is a reporter on the Race, Class & Communities Desk at WBEZ, Chicago’s NPR affiliate. Previously, she worked as an editor at Chicago magazine and a producer for Tribune Publishing’s newspaper websites. Born in South Korea, she grew up in Paraguay and the Washington, D.C., area and is a graduate of Northwestern University, where she has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the journalism school.

Aaron Morrison (@aaronlmorrison) is a New York City-based national writer for The Associated Press, where he covers race and justice. He has written extensively about policing, criminal justice reform and grassroots social movements, beginning with Black Lives Matter. Aaron’s work has also appeared in The Appeal, Mic and The Record newspaper in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Valentina Palm (@valenpalmb) is a graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in investigative journalism at Florida International University. Valentina serves as the editor in chief of FIU’s student-run newspaper, PantherNOW, and her reporting recently won a third-place Hearst Investigative Reporting award. Her passion is to write stories that shine a light on community issues and that spark change. A native of Caracas, Venezuela, she understands the importance of press freedom and the responsibility of accurately reporting the truth.

Elle Perry (@elleactually) is digital desk manager for The Daily Memphian. She previously served as digital producer and social engagement manager for the Memphis Business Journal and coordinator for The Teen Appeal, the former Scripps Howard countywide high school newspaper program.

Victor Emanuelle Ramos (@vramosrosado) is a young journalist from Puerto Rico interested in investigative and data journalism as well as audio journalism. He is a co-founder of an independent news outlet called El Pocillo and also a co-founder and sound designer for the podcast “En qué quedó.” Most recently, he worked as an editor for the WYNC and Futuro Studios podcast “La Brega” about Puerto Rican stories.

Zacharia Washington (@ZachariaReports) is a recent graduate of Huston-Tillotson University, the only HBCU right in the heart of Austin, Texas. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts degree in communication with a concentration in journalism and a minor in professional writing. Zacharia currently works full time at the Texas Observer as a News Initiative Fellow, and she will soon begin the master’s program for advanced study in journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Aallyah Wright (@aallyahpatrice) is a rural affairs and race and equity reporter for Stateline, the newsroom of the Pew Charitable Trusts. Previously, Aallyah worked for Mississippi Today where she covered education and local government and founded the Mississippi Delta Public Newsroom in her home region. She received a bachelor’s degree in journalism with minors in communication and theatre from Delta State University.

Tesnim Zekeria (@tesszeeks) is a research assistant at Popular Information, a political accountability newsletter. She has a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in comparative literature.