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Leah Donnella is an editor on NPR's Code Switch team, where she helps produce and edit for the Code Switch podcast, blog, and newsletter. She created the "Ask Code Switch" series, where members of the team respond to listener questions about how race, identity, and culture come up in everyday life.

Leah Dajches, PhD, is a postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University working on the News Literacy Initiative.

Matt Jordan is head of the Department of Film Production and Media Studies in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University, and Director of the News Literacy Initiative.

Cory Barker, PhD, is an assistant teaching professor in the Film Production & Media Studies department and co-host of News Over Noise

Anne Danahy has been a reporter at WPSU since fall 2017. Before crossing over to radio, she was a reporter at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, and she worked in communications at Penn State. She is married with cats.

Jaxon White is the state Capitol reporter for WPSU and public media stations statewide. He can be reached at jwhite@lnpnews.com or (717) 874-0716.

Jaxon White joined Spotlight PA to report on the state Capitol and the high-stakes dynamics of the 2026 election.

Ayla Saeed is a senior at the University of Pittsburgh double majoring in Criminal Justice and Media Communications with a minor in Mediterranean Art. A Florida native, she traded Orlando's sunny skies for Pittsburgh's cloudy ones.

April Fulton is a former editor with NPR's Science Desk and a contributor to The Salt, NPR's Food Blog.