Morgan D. Stewart
Morgan D. Stewart is an actor, writer, and producer living her dreams in Madison, Wisconsin.
Jess Miller
Jess Miller performs several functions under the title of production assistant for Wisconsin Life, including producing segments, posting to social media and writing newsletters. He came to Wisconsin by way of Virginia.
Mallory Cheng
Mallory Cheng is a midday host and podcast producer at Wisconsin Public Radio. She’s originally from Chicago, and is now a converted cheese curd connoisseur.
Anna Marie Yanny
Anna Marie Yanny is the 2024-2025 Lee Ester News Fellow and a general assignment reporter in WPR’s Madison newsroom. Since moving to Wisconsin, she’s frozen her eyelashes, adored the bike trails, and eaten a brat at Lambeau.
Nick Rommel
Nick Rommel is the 2024-25 Reporting Fellow in WPR’s Milwaukee newsroom. Originally from Massachusetts, his first day of work at WPR was also his first day ever in Wisconsin. But between Spotted Cow, Henning’s Garlic & Dill Cheddar Cheese, and polka music, he doesn’t know how he’ll ever manage to leave.
The Moth
The Moth is an acclaimed nonprofit organization dedicated to the art and craft of true personal storytelling. Since 1997, The Moth has presented over 60,000 stories, told live and without notes to standing-room-only crowds worldwide, in order to create a more empathetic world.
McKenna Scherer
McKenna Scherer is an editor at “Volume One” magazine, an independent biweekly arts and culture publication, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A born-and-raised Wisconsinite and award-winning journalist, she is always on the hunt for good coffee, great food, and a trinket or two to add to her shelves.
Amy Fleury
Amy Fleury is the author of two collections of poems, Beautiful Trouble and Sympathetic Magic, and a chapbook, Reliquaries of the Lesser Saints. She teaches writing and literature at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
David Shih
David Shih is Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New Republic, The Progressive, Slate, NPR’s Code Switch, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, and Inside Higher Ed.
Heewone Lim
Heewone Lim is the Wisconsin Life/Wisconsin 101 intern for summer 2024. She’s a “semi-native” Wisconsinite who loves writing (and acting in) bad sketch comedy, making goofy ceramic trinkets and coming home to Madison after long trips.
Olivia Herken
Olivia Herken is a journalist and writer based in Madison. Born and raised in the heart of the Driftless in La Farge, she loves baking, telling stories about Wisconsin communities, and is a rom-com expert.
Jimmy Gutierrez
Jimmy Gutierrez is an audio editor and service journalist based in Milwaukee. You can find him lounging on his porch listening to a podcast or playing ball at Washington Park
Miriam Brabham
Miriam Brabham is a poet and author of “1,000 Apologies to Me: A Collection of Poetry, Short Stories, and Reflections.” Miriam is passionate about giving back to her community, storytelling, and pursuing her many artistic passions.
Robert D’Andrea
Robert D’Andrea is Wisconsin Public Radio’s Lee Ester News Fellow based in Madison from 2023-2024. The fellowship is in general assignment reporting, but he loves writing about politics and the circus.
Avery Lea Rogers
Avery Lea Rogers is a journalist, producer, sound artist and musician. Avery is part of a team of producers for WPR’s “Wisconsin Today” talk show. They previously worked on WPR’s “The Morning Show,” and got their start in journalism as a producer for “St.