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Stefanie began her journey with public media like many of us, by watching Sesame Street. She is excited to now be supporting public media in a professional capacity. Stefanie is an Ozarks native, growing up in Cabool and living in the Springfield area since college. Before coming to Ozarks Public Broadcasting, Stefanie worked with the Springfield-Greene County Park Board and Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland. Stefanie is married to Christopher and has four “grown” children and multiple pets. In her free time, she enjoys crafting, travel, spending time outdoors, and watching way too much TV.

Tinsley Merriman is a general assignment intern at the Springfield Daily Citizen. He's currently a senior at Missouri State University studying journalism, and most recently worked as section editor of Campus Life for the student-led newspaper The Standard.

Cory Matteson moved to Springfield in 2022 to join the team of Daily Citizen journalists and staff eager to launch a local news nonprofit. He returned to the Show-Me State nearly two decades after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Prior to arriving in Springfield, he worked as a reporter at the Lincoln Journal Star and Casper Star-Tribune.