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Jessica Vaughn Martin is a food journalist and gastronomic enthusiast. Her work centers around the people involved in food and agriculture, and the idea of food as memory, tradition, and cultural roadmap. She is a co-founder of Leftovers Community, an emerging food media platform that celebrates and sees potential in the scraps of life: leftover food, overlooked places and unheard voices. Jessica is an alumna of the Missouri School of Journalism and a former contributing editor for Feast magazine; she has also contributed to Food Network, Farm Journal, and COMO magazine, among other publications. Most recently, she’s taken a dive into audio, managing the Canned Peaches and River Town podcasts for mid-Missouri’s local NPR affiliate, KBIA. She lives in Jefferson City, Missouri, with her young family in an old bungalow, where she’s running out of space for her growing collection of vintage Missouri cookbooks.

Laine Cibulskis is a second-year student at the University of Missouri studying journalism and economics with an emphasis on data and investigative reporting.

Olivia Mizelle is a student reporter at KBIA

Emily Boyett is a junior at the University of Missouri studying journalism, political science, American constitutional democracy and creative writing. She specializes in cross-platform editing and producing and works at KBIA as an editor/digital producer. Ever the bibliophile and coffee aficionado, you can usually catch her at the nearest library, bookstore or coffee shop when she isn’t in the newsroom.

Sophia Anderson is a journalism and sociology double-major, emphasizing in investigative and data reporting for digital and radio.