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Courtney Collins has been working as a broadcast journalist since graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 2004. Before coming to KERA in 2011, Courtney worked as a reporter for NPR member station WAMU in Washington D.C. While there she covered daily news and reported for the station’s weekly news magazine, Metro Connection.

Ken Durst is the technical backbone of WSSB, ensuring that every broadcast runs with crystal-clear sound and reliable transmission. With a keen ear for audio quality and a deep understanding of broadcast technology, Ken maintains, repairs, and upgrades the station’s equipment—from microphones and mixing consoles to transmitters and automation systems.

Dennis Brothers currently serves as the Programming Director for WSSB 90.3 FM, where he oversees content, scheduling, and station programming to ensure engaging and impactful broadcasts for the community.

Joshua “took the long way” to radio, working in architecture firms for over a decade before pursuing his passion for public radio and writing in 2007. By "long way," he means he's also been a writer, bicycle courier, commercial fisherman, bed-and-breakfast cook, carpenter, landscaper, and stained glass salesman. He’s detailed animal enclosures to prevent jaguars from escaping the Miami Zoo. Once, while managing a construction site in Athens, Greece, he was given a noogie by an Albanian civil war refugee in his employ. “You do not tell those guys how to place stucco,” he said. All of which has no doubt made him the story-teller he is today.

Bente Birkeland has been reporting on state legislative issues for KUNC and Rocky Mountain Community Radio since 2006. Originally, from Minnesota, Bente likes to hike and ski in her spare time. She keeps track of state politics throughout the year but is especially busy during the annual legislative session from January through early May.

Sasha Ingber is a reporter on NPR's breaking news desk, where she covers national and international affairs of the day.