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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.

Dean Mirshahi is a reporter for VPM News in Richmond, Va.

Yiqing is WHRO News' health reporter. Before joining WHRO, she was a science reporter at The Cancer Letter, a weekly publication in Washington, D.C., focused on oncology. Yiqing graduated from Northwestern University and Bryn Mawr College. She speaks Mandarin and French. Yiqing can be reached out at 443-494-6627 or yiqing.wang@whro.org.

Belinda is a journalist-turned-marketer who spent her early career writing for newspapers, magazines, and TV before discovering her passion for online content. She is a Certified Digital Marketing Professional through both the American Marketing Association and the Digital Marketing Institute, and she holds an M.A. in Journalism.

Natalia Nelson is a freelance reporter.

Logan Caras is a student reporter from Christopher Newport University.

Ryan is a news editor and former business and growth reporter for WHRO. He joined the newsroom in 2021 after eight years at local newspapers, the Daily Press and Virginian-Pilot. Ryan is a Chesapeake native and still tries to hold his breath every time he drives through the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel.

The best way to reach Ryan is by emailing ryan.murphy@whro.org.

Denise Watson is an Editor.