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Nancy Daly

Nancy Daly was a veteran Kentucky and Cincinnati journalist. An "Army brat" who found a home in Kentucky earning a journalism degree from the University of Kentucky. Her hobbies included reading, photography, watching streaming TV, including "Succession" and "Andor," and playing Alphabet Game on Zoom with five siblings across the globe. Nancy died unexpectedly on October 21, 2024, at the age of 70 after enduring a difficult medical journey over her last year.

Alex Ralph

Alex Ralph is a lecturer at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, where he teaches expository writing and courses on storytelling through public policy. He is at work on a novel set in 1970s Detroit and is also the editor of the Corruption in Fragile States Blog. In addition to two previous stories for Soapbox, he has written for the Cincinnati Enquirer about Hamilton County's mental health felony court and how one elementary school used in-house assessments to accelerate student learning.

Kate Harold

Kate Harold is a freelance writer who lives in Oakley with her husband and three kids. If she’s not writing or mom-ing, you’ll probably find her reading, working on home projects, volunteering, or spending time outdoors.

Amy Briana Counts

Amy Briana Counts is an aspiring young writer in Cincinnati. When she's not writing you can find her climbing rocks, traveling out west, and being "mom" to her cats, Fred and George.

Lauren Caggiano

Lauren Caggiano is a Fort Wayne-based writer. A 2007 graduate of the University of Dayton, she returned to Northeast Indiana to pursue a career. In the past 12 years she has worked in journalism, public relations, marketing, and digital media. She currently writes for several local, regional, and national publications.

Bob Sandrick

Bob Sandrick is an award-winning veteran reporter who has worked as a staff writer for cleveland.com and Sun News. He broke the story about Cleveland Division of Water billing errors in one suburb. It was later discovered the problem was widespread, leading to water division reforms. Today Sandrick is a freelance multimedia journalist.

Kevin Wright & Joe Nickol

Kevin Wright & Joe Nickol are the principals and co-founders of Yard & Company. Kevin is a leader in community development, economic and real estate development finance/planning, and placemaking. Joe has 15 years of experience in urban design, architecture, and development and has directed projects for public and private clients in over 25 states and 7 countries.

Aiesha D. Little

Aiesha Little is a lover of jazz music, cosplay, and all things geeky. You can find more of her work at www.aieshadlittle.com.

Noelle Zielinski

Noelle Zielinski is a recent journalism graduate from the University of Cincinnati. She’s passionate about the arts, cooking, and loves trying new things. In her free time she enjoys reading and trying her best to be a successful plant mom.

Kacey King Redmond

Kacey King Redmond is a graduate of Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism and has her MBA from Thomas More University. She has written for various trade publications, associations, and is a published poet and children’s author. She currently specializes in content marketing for her consulting firm, Cincy Marketing Maven, and acts as social media manager for Soapbox Cincinnati and its sister publication, NKY Thrives.

Jim DeBrosse

Jim DeBrosse is the project editor of Ohio Civics Essential, author of five books, a contributing writer for Cincinnati Magazine, and an award-winning newspaper reporter and columnist. Until he retired in 2018, he was a journalism teacher at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As part of his commitment to social justice, he co-founded a news website devoted to workplace fairness and equal opportunity, "Cincinnatians for the American Dream." He lives in Cincinnati's historic Over-the-Rhine neighborhood where he volunteers as a tutor at Rothenberg Academy.

Steve Aust

Steve is a freelance writer and editor, father, and husband who enjoys cooking, exercise, travel, and reading. A native of Fort Thomas who spent his collegiate and early-adulthood years in Georgia, marriage brought him across the river, where he now resides in Oakley.

Doug Oplinger

Doug Oplinger is former managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal where he worked for 46 years. He now is the project manager for Your Voice Ohio, a collaborative of more than 50 news outlets in Ohio, sharing resources to better represent the voices of Ohioans in the democratic process.

Elissa Yancey

Elissa Yancey, former Soapbox managing editor and co-founder of nonprofits WordPlay Cincy and A Picture's Worth, is a longtime Cincinnati journalist and educator with a passion for building community through story.
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