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Nala Pena is APR's student collaborator and producer for our investigation "No Stone Unturned: Preserving Slave Cemeteries in Alabama." Nala attended the Journalism School at Rutgers University.

Seth Juniac was a student intern in the Alabama Public Radio newsroom in 2014. He now works as a TV Producer for the FOX station in Denver

Susan Johnson Lawrence is a graduate of the Altamont School and of Birmingham-Southern College, where she majored in Theatre. She lived in Philadelphia for seven years, where she received her Actors’ Equity card. She lived in Manhattan and studied Shakespeare with Uta Hagen at HB Studios for two years. She left New York for Aspen, CO in 1992 and worked as an actor/singer at Aspen Theatre in the Park, The Wheeler Opera House, Aspen Stage, and the Crystal Palace. It was in Aspen that she began working in Public Radio at KAJX - Aspen Public Radio. Susan announced Classical Music on WBHM for 3 years. Susan worked for APR from 2004-2007 as a sub for David Duff. She is delighted to be back at APR.

Valentina Mora is a student intern at the Alabama Public Radio newsroom. She is an international student from Colombia at The University of Alabama. She is majoring in Communicative Disorders and Foreign Languages and Literature. She is part of the Blount Scholars Program and is also pursuing a minor in Music. Although she is not studying to become a journalist, Valentina enjoys reporting, interviewing and writing stories.

Ella Grossomanides is a student intern in the Alabama Public Radio newsroom. She is a sophomore at the University of Alabama studying Communication Studies and News Media. She has a passion for writing and journalism, which lead her to radio work. In her free time, Ella enjoys listening to music, reading, and volunteering with children at after school programs.

Ousmane Sagara is a journalist based in Bamako, the capitol city of the West African Nation of Mali. He worked alongside the Alabama Public Radio news team as an exchange journalist in 2016. When APR launched a major project to produce coverage of the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, junior, news director Pat Duggins contacted Sagara, via Facebook messenger, and invited him to report for APR from Mali on how his nation feels about King, fifty years after his death.

Sarah Sherrill was a student intern in the Alabama Public Radio newsroom in 2015. She produced a story on the 50th anniversary of the the attack on voting rights marchers in Selma that became known as "bloody Sunday." Her feature was from a student's perspective. That story was part of APR's documentary "More Bridges to Cross" that went on to win best documentary from the National Association of Black Journalists. The program was also honored with a "Bronze Radio Award" from the New York Festivals International Radio Competition.

Heidi Ward is a University of Alabama student intern working in the APR newsroom. So far, Heidi's stories have included the impeachment of Lauderdale County's coroner, and a Black History Month book drive to benefit Alabama's Black Belt.

Former APR student Parker Branton is currently a news reporter for the ABC TV station in Miami. He headed to south Florida after working in Birmingham and an NBC bureau chief in Georgia.