Profiles

Matthew Wexler is an award-winning journalist and travel writer with bylines in National Geographic, Travel Weekly, Virtuoso Life, and beyond. He is the founder and editorial director of the arts and culture platform 1 Minute Critic. Follow him at @‌wexlerwrites.

Sarah Blake Morgan is an award-winning journalist with a decade-plus career reporting for local and international news organizations. Her work has earned nine Emmy nominations and an Edward R. Murrow Award. She has interviewed presidential hopefuls, embedded with soldiers in South America, and reported alongside Ukrainian troops on the front lines. Her work has also…

Kristine Gill is a freelance writer and editor based in Ohio with a background in newspaper journalism and public-sector communications.

Jonny Lupsha earned his BA in journalism from Valdosta State University. He’s a dedicated storyteller with 15 years’ experience in independent journalism, web journalism and marketing writing. Jonny lives in north Virginia with his wife and two children.

Nikki Sapiro Vinckier, PA-C, is an OB-GYN physician assistant with more than a decade of experience in reproductive healthcare. She is the founder of Take Back Trust, and the author of We Deserve More. You can find her online @nikkivinck. 

The Daily Yonder provides news, commentary, and analysis about and for rural America.

Ryan Pitkin is a writer and editor based in Charlotte, where until recently he ran an alternative weekly newspaper called Queen City Nerve. He is also editor of NoDa News, a community newsletter in the neighborhood where he has lived for 15 years.

Cooper Baldwin is Courier Colorado’s lead political correspondent. A CU Boulder graduate, he approaches reporting with the same two questions every time: who made the decision, and who pays for it?