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Kea Wilson has more than a dozen years of experience as a writer telling emotional, urgent and actionable stories that motivate average Americans to get involved in making their cities better places. She is also a novelist, cyclist, and affordable housing advocate. She previously worked at Strong Towns, and currently lives in St. Louis, MO. Kea can be reached at <a href="mailto:kea@streetsblog.org">kea@streetsblog.org</a> or on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/streetsblogkea">@streetsblogkea</a>. Please reach out to her with tips and submissions.

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Julianne Cuba joined Streetsblog in February, 2019, after three years covering local news and politics at The Brooklyn Paper. There, she also covered the notoriously reckless private carting industry and hit-and-runs. A 2015 graduate of Stony Brook University’s School of Journalism Master’s Program, she now lives in Brooklyn. Julianne is on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/julcuba?lang=en">@julcuba</a>. Email Julianne at <a href="mailto:julianne@streetsblog.org">julianne@streetsblog.org</a>

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Aaron Short has been a New York City journalist for more than 20 years. He&#8217;s also co-author of the seminal oral history of Donald Trump, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Method-Madness-Donald-Inspired-Inaugurated/dp/1250202809/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1543937373&amp;sr=1-2&amp;linkCode=sl1&amp;tag=allensalkin-20&amp;linkId=add8bdd0aa865b7d6c5cfd5189a7131b&amp;language=en_US">&#8220;The Method to the Madness&#8221;</a> (St. Martin&#8217;s Press, 2019)

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