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Steve joined WHRO in 2023 to cover military and veterans. Steve has extensive experience covering the military and working in public media, most recently at KPBS in San Diego, WYIN in Gary, Indiana and WBEZ in Chicago. In the early 2000s, he embedded with members of the Indiana National Guard in Kuwait and Iraq. Steve reports for NPR’s American Homefront Project, a national public media collaboration that reports on American military life and veterans. Steve is also on the board of Military Reporters & Editors.

You can reach Steve at steve.walsh@whro.org.

Katherine is WHRO’s climate and environment reporter. She came to WHRO from the Virginian-Pilot in 2022. Katherine is a California native who now lives in Norfolk and welcomes book recommendations, fun science facts and of course interesting environmental news.

Reach Katherine at katherine.hafner@whro.org.

Nick is a general assignment reporter focused on the cities of Williamsburg, Hampton and Suffolk. He joined WHRO in 2024 after moving to Virginia. Originally from Los Angeles County, Nick previously covered city government in Manhattan, KS, for News Radio KMAN.

The best way to reach Nick is via email at nick.mcnamara@whro.org.

Mechelle is News Director at WHRO. She helped launch the newsroom as a reporter in 2020. She's worked in newspapers and nonprofit news in her career. Mechelle lives in Virginia Beach, where she grew up.

Mechelle can be reached by email at mechelle.hankerson@whro.org or at 757-889-9466.

Professor Emeritus of Political Science, William & Mary and contributing writer to The Conversation

Honorary Reader in MIgration and Politics, University of Kent and contributing writer to The Conversation

Professor of Political Science, Purdue University and contributing writer to The Conversation

Lisa Godley is an Emmy Award-Winning Director and a six-time Emmy Award-Winning Television Producer and Show Host. Lisa also produces the highly acclaimed National Public Radio show, Another View. This popular call-in show gives listeners an opportunity to engage in today's issues discussed from an African American perspective.