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Meet the UPR staff!

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Alexa Young

Reporter
Colette Czarnecki

News Director
Debbie Andrew

Development Officer - Underwriting
Duck Thurgood

Reporter | Editor
Emily Colby

Digital and Office Manager
James Sanders
Jayke Martin

Reporter
Joseph Kozlowski
Katie Swain

Director of Membership
Kerry Bringhurst

UPR Management | Host, Morning Edition
Kirsten Swanson

Weekend Host | Producer
Laura Gelfand

Eating the Past Host
Naomi Cragun

Reporter | Editor
Nick Porath

Chief Engineer
Ryan Helcoski

Science Reporter
Shalayne Smith Needham

Production Specialist | All Things Considered Host
Shireen Ghorbani

Both Sides of the Aisle Host
Spencer Wilkinson

Reporter| Access Utah Producer | Digital/Administrative Intern
Thys Reynolds

Reporter
Tim Wright
Tom Williams

UPR Management | Program Director | Access Utah Host
Wynter Varner

Agriculture Intern

Full Time Staff

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Interns

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Contributers

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