Midbrow

Jamil Ragland is a writer from Hartford, CT. His work has appeared in the New Haven Independent, CT Newsjunkie, New England Public Media, CT Public, CT Mirror, Hartford Courant, and elsewhere.

Ryan Patrick Hooper hosts "In the Groove" on 101.9 WDET-FM Detroit’s NPR station. Hooper has reported for the New York Times, NPR, Detroit Free Press, Hour Detroit, SPIN and Paste.

Born and raised Northeasterner with big citrus, avocado, and sourdough energy. Multi-media artist and creative, based in Oakland. Feeds on greens and cheese, live music, hand crafts, and sunshine.

Detroit-based journalist, and a musicals junkie.

Nora Grace-Flood is our Philadelphia bureau chief. She was previously a staff reporter at the New Haven Independent covering homelessness, land use and municipal politics.

Serena is a freelance journalist and content creator based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Fred Noland is a professor at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in the Comics BFA program. As an artist, his expertise is complex visual storytelling.

Tyler Maxwell is a musician, songwriter and writer based in Philadelphia. He writes and releases music under the moniker Thank You Thank You.