Profiles

Araceli Cruz is an award-winning journalist, editor, and multimedia producer whose work focuses on politics, culture, social justice, immigration, and the Latino experience in America. She is currently working at Courier Newsroom and is based in St. Louis.

Michael McElroy is Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent. He is an adjunct instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and a former editor at The New York Times.

The Founding Editor of UpNorthNews, Pat was a familiar presence on radio and TV stations in western Wisconsin before serving in the state Legislature. After a brief stint living in the Caribbean, Pat and wife returned to Chippewa Falls to be closer to their growing group of grandchildren. He now serves as UNN’s chief political…