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Ron Elving is Senior Editor and Correspondent on the Washington Desk for NPR News, where he is frequently heard as a news analyst and writes regularly for NPR.org.

Pien Huang is a health reporter on the Science desk. She was NPR's first Reflect America Fellow, working with shows, desks and podcasts to bring more diverse voices to air and online.

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

Eliza Billingham served as a reporter for SPR until June 2026. She earned her master’s degree in journalism from Boston University, where she was selected as a fellow with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to cover an illegal drug addiction treatment center in Hanoi, Vietnam. She’s spent her professional career in Spokane, covering everything from rent crises and ranching techniques to City Council and sober bartenders. Originally from the Chicago suburbs, she’s lived in Vietnam, Austria and Jerusalem and will always be a slow runner and a theology nerd.

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States Editor for the Daily Telegraph, covering the 2016 US election. Before moving to the US in the spring of 2015, she was the Telegraph's Middle East correspondent.

Martin Kaste is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. He covers law enforcement and privacy. He has been focused on police and use of force since before the 2014 protests in Ferguson, and that coverage led to the creation of NPR's Criminal Justice Collaborative.

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After listening to KPBX in the car as a child, combing through the annual record sales as a teenager, and volunteering at the pledge drives as an adult, Cassia officially joined the SPR family as a receptionist on Halloween 2018. She worked as part of the station’s business team until June 2026.

Stephanie joined Spokane Public Radio in 2003 as the part-time Volunteer Coordinator and Development Assistant. Currently she is the full-time Volunteer and Outreach Manager overseeing Spokane Public Radio’s volunteer and internship programs, as well as working on details for events like the annual Record Sale. She loves working with our dedicated and diverse group of volunteers. In her spare time she enjoys volunteering in the community, traveling, walking her dog, and spending time with her family.