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Staff & Contributors

Mayumi Elegado Publisher / Owner	Nina Miller Advertising Consultant
Le'a Gleason Associate Editor: Arts & Culture, Food, Mountain Life	Sage Sauerbrey Associate Editor: Sports & Outdoors, News
Lauren Shearer Graphic Designer	Wade Snider Photographer / Photo Editor
Molly Wilcox Office Manager / Writer

Dawn Andreoni Columnist	Andrea Bartunek Writer
Megan Brancaccio Columnist	Ryan Buell Columnist
Monica Caldari	Brian Coe Writer
Nancy Costello Columnist	Juliana Demarest Copy Editor / Writer
Emily Dettling Photographer	Pat Dillon Columnist
Mike English Cartoonist	Jackie Ginley Columnist
Eleanore Hamilton Columnist	Frances Joy Hamilton Columnist
Emily Harrington Columnist	Tim Hauserman Columnist
Jim Hemig Columnist	Trevor Husted Writer
Ruth Jackson Hall Columnist	Bill Kenny Columnist
Briitni Kern Columnist	Lolly Kupec Writer
Brennan Lagasse	Kara LaPoint Writer
Abbie Lara Columnist	Eric Larusson Writer
Linda Lindsay Columnist	Sean McAlindin Columnist
Jennifer Montgomery Opinion Writer	Christina Nemec
Eric Perlman Writer	Ming Poon
Marianne M. Porter Columnist	Eve Quesnel Columnist
Amie Quirarte Columnist	Laura Read Copy Editor, Writer
Meghan Robins Writer	Mike Rogge Columnist
Gary Romano Columnist	Craig C. Rowe Columnist
Ryan Salm Writer / Photographer	Jill Sanford
JP Schlick Writer	Alexandra Spychalsky Writer
Delroy the Cat Writer	Indy the Dog Columnist / Photographer
Chelsea Walterscheid Columnist	Melissa Siig Associate Editor: News and Sports
Dave Zook Writer	David Bunker Writer

Robert Ayres Columnist	Wishelle Banks Writer
Carla Brown Columnist	Julie Brown Associate Editor
Olive Brown Columnist / Photographer	Andrew Browning Photographer
Karin Carrasco Office Administrator	Ronnie Colby
Sara David	David Eisenstark
Shawna Ellefson Sales Representative, North Shore	Kara Fox Associate Editor, News and Opinion
Robert Frohlich	Alexis Garduno
Ally Gravina Associate Editor: Mountain Life, Arts & Culture, and Food	Anne Grogan
Michele Hagan Columnist	Meghan Herbst Associate Editor
Beth Ingalls	Jeremy Jensen Photographer / Photo Editor
Lis Korb Columnist	Seth Lightcap
Ann Lindemann	Maura Mack Columnist
Pam McAdoo	Matt McDonald
Ashley Owen Associate Editor, Arts & Culture and Food	Kyril Plaskon Writer
Flip Speckleman	Julie Stanley Sales Representative
Karyn Stanley	Abby Stevens Office Administrator / Writer
Terray Sylvester	Tobias the Cat Columnist / Photographer
Keaven Van Lom Writer	Jamie Wanzek Office Administrator / Writer
Jeanne Kirschner Sales Representative, North Shore	Kira Catanzaro
Jennifer Pizzi Intern / Office Administrator / Writer	Glenn Polochko Circulation

Moonshine Ink is North Lake Tahoe/Truckee’s independent newspaper, on streets since 2002. We produce a monthly print publication with 24,000 monthly readers, breaking news emails sent to over 1,400 subscribers, a frequently updated website, and a comprehensive and up-to-date TAP Calendar of events. In addition to providing the community with quality in-depth reporting and information, we offer local businesses and organizations an effective and affordable marketing outlet.

Committed to keeping Tahoe smart, we cover everything from breaking news to inspiring stories and distribute our paper for FREE on the second Friday of every month in over 200 locations. Over the years, we have been honored to receive the following awards:

Most recently Moonshine Ink was awarded five accolades from the 2017 Better Newspaper Contest in the categories of Best Investigative Series, Best Sports Feature, Civi - Community Service Award, Social Media Journalism, and Best Series Ad idea. See full list of awards, here.

Moonshine Ink is fortunate to have a staff comprised of talented professionals who have been honing their craft for years. Meet the Moonshine team above, and then stop by our Truckee office and say hi sometime. #keeptahoesmart