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Dianna Douglas has produced NPR's signature news pieces from across the nation and around the world. In the spring of 2010 she spent five weeks embedded with the US Army in Kandahar. Her work with the Special Forces in Meiwan Province, the Military Police in Kandahar City, and the recently-arrived 101st Airborne Division in Zhari document the small victories and overwhelming challenges of the American mission in Afghanistan.

Amy Held is an editor on the newscast unit. She regularly reports breaking news on air and online.

Barbara Van Woerkom is a researcher and producer with the Investigations team. She is a master at digging up documents, finding obscure people and answering all manner of research questions. Van Woerkom has been a part of several award-winning series, including "Guilty and Charged," which focused on excessive fees in the criminal justice system that target the poor; "Lost Mothers," an examination of the maternal mortality crisis in America; and "Abused and Betrayed," which brought to light the high rate of sexual assault on people with intellectual disabilities. She also won a Peabody Award for a series on soldiers who were deliberately exposed to mustard gas by the U.S. military during World War II, locating hundreds more affected veterans than the Department of Veterans Affairs was able to find.

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Bronson Arcuri is a video producer at NPR, where he directs the "Planet Money Shorts" video series and helps out with Tiny Desk Concerts from time to time. He also produced "Elise Tries" and "Ron's Office Hours" along with the "Junior Bugler" series, which he still insists was "pretty good for what it was."

Joey is a lifelong McLean County resident and a 2004 graduate of Illinois State University. Joey was active in his years as an ISU Redbird working for both the student run radio and television stations on campus. He also served as the first Communication lifestyle Resident Assistant in the department of University Housing. Joey started his post college career at Peoria's WTVP Television working in various roles as a production assistant, editor and member of the mobile production crew. After five years at WTVP, Joey went on to work in freelance production roles throughout Central Illinois. He later accepted a more permanent role as the Communication & Technology Director at the LeRoy Christian Church in his hometown of Le Roy, IL. Joey served several roles under that title including managing audio/visual support, supervising the production crew, creating weekly newsletters as well as managing the church's social media platforms and website. After 8 years, Joey stepped down from that role to seek out a change in his professional environment which led him back to public media. Joey is happy to be returning to his roots in public broadcasting and serving the communities of central Illinois. Joey is an avid Cubs and ISU Redbird sports fan and he can be seen on the country music concert trail in his spare time. He currently resides in LeRoy and enjoys traveling as well as spending quality time with his family and friends.

Natalie Winston is the Executive Producer of All Things Considered on the weekends. She has led the show through coverage of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and many other breaking news events. She also led a remote team for a weekend of coverage from Puerto Rico at the start of the 2018 hurricane season.