Who we are (2024-25)

Tyree is the senior director and co-founder of the Virginia Center for Investigative Journalism at WHRO.

Smigielski Acker is a freelance journalist and editor with more than 25 years of experience, including with The Virginian-Pilot.

South, a former newspaper editor and reporter who taught journalism at VCU, was president of SPJVA from 2019 to 2021.

Meredith is communications manager for the Virginia Press Association and an award-winning writer and photographer.

Bryan-Campos is an assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she directs VCU Capital News Service.

Hutchins, editor of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, also is on the board of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government.

Adams is a freelancer covering the Blue Ridge Mountains and co-host of Inside Appalachia on West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

Day is the senior director of public affairs for the consulting firm Capital Results. He has been a journalist for The Virginian-Pilot and other newspapers.

Hall is a municipal government reporter for WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads. He has been a journalist in New York and a reporter for CBS Radio.