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At Shasta Scout we believe a democratic community requires access to just and equitable news. We are a non-profit, independent, civic news organization focused on Shasta County’s diverse and investigative stories. Using research, interviews, documents and data, we scout out the truth to write stories that build an informed electorate with the power to create educated change for our community.

Annelise began writing news and opinion pieces for A News Cafe. After two years of investigating and reporting with the Shasta Country Grand Jury, it convinced her that the public needs access to more complex and diverse local news stories.

Wendy Fry has covered Tijuana, greater Baja California and border issues at The San Diego Union-Tribune. She worked at the newspaper from 2009 to 2012, and worked at NBC San Diego from 2013 to 2018 before returning to the paper. Wendy won SPJ’s Sol Price Award for Responsible Journalism in 2012 for her coverage of corruption at the Sweetwater schools, and she won the Grand Golden Watchdog Award from the San Diego County Taxpayers Association in 2017.

Ariel Gans is a political reporting intern focusing on the 2022 election cycle. She recently got her master’s of journalism from Northwestern University, where she specialized in politics, policy, and foreign affairs reporting. A Chicago transplant, Ariel has written for USA Today, MarketWatch, OpenSecrets, and Inside Climate News among other publications.

Zaeem covers breaking news and public safety for The Oregonian. He has lived in three different states but calls California's Central Valley home. Previously, he interned for the Sacramento Bee and was a reporting fellow for CalMatters' College Journalism Network. Reach him at 503-221-8111 or at MShaikh@oregonian.com.

Finn is a senior staff writer for Arts & Entertainment and PRIME. She was previously the Lifestyle editor from 2021-2022, an Arts reporter from 2020-2021, and a member of PRIME's first intern class from 2019-2020.

Claire Morgan is CapRadio’s Digital Editor.

Rachel Bluth, Correspondent for California Healthline, recently earned her master’s from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. At Merrill, she reported on health disparities in Baltimore, and her work was published on NPR.org and PBS.org. She was previously the lead political correspondent for the Annapolis Bureau of Capital News Service, where she covered the Maryland General Assembly and Gov. Larry Hogan. She has also written for the Maryland Reporter and the Prince George’s Sentinel.

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