An Experiment in Participatory Media: Indy Volunteers Over the Years

Built by volunteer journalists, artists and activists, The Indypendent has maintained an open door since its inception. Almost 500 people have contributed – some briefly, others for years—as volunteer writers, editors, photographers, illustrators, designers and/or helped with countless organizational tasks.
Kat Aaron
Aya Abdelaziz
Damali Abrams
Matthew Adamson
Mike Agresta
Aktivaj
Sam Alcoff
Nicholas Allanach
Jackson Allers
Brad Altfest
Kirsten Anderberg
Eric Anders-Nillson
Chris Anderson
Phil Andrews
Silvia Arana
Kassai Arbab
Devin Asch
Ian Ashby
Fred Askew
Nicole Asquith
Brooke Atherton
Eulan Atkinson
Jay Bachhuber
Eleanor J. Bader
Kazembe Balagun
Gino Barzizza
Charlie Bass
Ana Basujino
Bennett Baumer
Andrew Bellware
Caitlan Benedetto
Mike Benediktsson
Frida Berrigan
Craig Bernardini
Amanda Bernal
DV Bernard
Beta Minus001
Tamiko Beyer
Leigh Benzaia
Michael Bielawski
Leila Binder
Melis Birder
Michael Blatchley
Angela Bocage
Julie Bolser
Ded Bolt
Patrick Bond
Halley Bondy
Lani Bouwer
Geoffrey Boyce
Jed Brandt
Joshua Breitbart
Rachael Breitman
Sarah Brockett
Sterling Brooks
Ojette Brundage
Kenny Bruno
Harry J. Bubbins
Jeffery Buchanan
Paul Buhle
Mike Burke
Robert Burns
Cathy Bussewitz
Kiera Butler
Leigh Ann Caldwell
Laura Campagna
Alex Campbell
Kephram Cauley
Matt Capri
Katherine Carlson
Jose Carmona
Jessie Carpenter
Antrim Caskey
Rahul Chadha
Paul Chan
Susan Chenelle
Sina Choi
Orly Clergé
Jem Cohen
Ann-Marie Conlon
Nolan Conway
Nick Cooper
Linnea Covington
Stephanie Craig
Kate Crane
Chris Crass
James Creedon
Mubarak Dahir
Leah Danger
James Daria
Ellen Davidson
Lyell Davies
Amanda Davis
Christopher Day
Aries De La Cruz
Ryan Dawes
Sara DeAloia
Shea Dean
Lourdes Delgado
Lauren Denitzio
Amelia D’Entrone
Kathiucia Dias
Charles Digges
Terence Dignon
Allison Dorian
Steve Downs
Liz Dresser
Oscar Durand
Phyllis Eckhaus
Ari Edelkind
Joel Edwards
Bilal El-Amine
Miguel Erb
Alley Ernst
Jeff Faerber
Michelle Fawcett
Aleya Feldman
Renee Feltz
Jennifer Fermino
David Ferris
Ersellia Ferron
Jamie Fidler
Simon Finger
Richard Fitzer
S. Fitzstephens
Chris Fleischer
Katelan Foisy
Danielle Follett
Gilbert Ford
Sierra Freeman
Andrew Fremont-Smith
Karen Fu
Terry Furry
Stefania Galante
Rafael Galvez
Leo Garcia
Liam Garcia
Jess Garman
Alfredo Garzón
Nell Geiser
Peter Gelderloos
Sandyha George
Chris Geovanis
Adam Gerber
Joseph Gerson
Neela Ghoshal
Lauren Giambrone
John Gibler
Ronnie Gilbert
Michelle Gilkes
Kyle Giller
Rebecca Giordano
Sarah Glidden
David Gochfeld
Antonio Golan
Daniel Goldstein
Rob Goodier
Jim Gordon
Samantha Gorelick
Lee Gough
David Graeber
Maggie Gram
Stephanie Greenwood
Liana Grey
Jason Grodsky
Sarah Groff-Palermo
Abby Gross
Elizabeth Guidi
A.K. Gupta
Allison Guttu
Heather Haddon
Suheir Hammad
Leijia Hanrahan
Nuka Harper
Andy Harris
Myra Hellerstein
Arlene Hermida
Matthew Hibben
Darby Hickey
Alec Higgins
Marissa Hildebrandt
Felicity Hill
Lance Hill
Andrew Hinderaker
Steev Hise
Dennis Ho
Alex Hogan
Beth Holder
Peter Holderness
David Hollenbach
Pandi Hopkins
Brad Horrigan
Vanessa Hradsky
Ethan Hunter
Kate Hutchings
Walidah Imarisha
Irina Ivanova
Flannon Jackson
Naomi Jaffe
Hasnain Jared
Diana Jarvis
Tiara Jewell
Greg Jocz
Hanson Jones
Megan Joplin
William Brandon Jordan
Gillian Kalson
Jeremy Kamps
Ava Kannienen
Christine Karatnytsky
Lucine Kasbarian
Jessican Kaufman
L.A. Kaufman
Saseen Kawzally
Ashley Kidd
Ruth Kelton
Andrew Kennis
Jim Klicker
Steve Knowlton
Chris Knudston
Amelia H. Krales
Martin Krymkiewcz
Alicia Kubista
Ula Kuras
Ramzi Kysia
Martin La Battaglia
Jasmin Lana
Jenni Lapidus
Vicki Larson
Leah Larson
Eric Laursen
John Lautenberg
Victoria Law
Roxanne Lawson
Gary Leach
Virgina Leavell
Matthew Lee
Jeannette Lee
Jessica Lee
Gabriela Lefanowicz
Lenka
Diane Lent
Matthew Leonard
Renee Leonowicz
Ursula Levelt
Aaron Levine
Janelle Lewis
Brian Lightbody
William Lindley
Susan Lippman
Justin Lipson
Henry Liu
Yvonne Liu
Lucy Lopez
Dean Loren
Andrew Ludlow
Raphael Lyon
Isabel MacDonald
Gregory Maller
Meredith Mandell
F. Timothy Martin
Gary Martin
David Martinez
Diane Mason
Edgar Mata
Claudia Mausner
M. Mayuran Tiruchelvam
Dani McClain
Mac McGill
Lisa McHenry
Kristen McLeod-Ball
David Meieran
Gleb Mikhalev
Michele Mills
Yoni Mishal
Billy Mitchell
Don Monkerud
Nik Moore
Naomi Morell
Melissa Morrone
Matt Mottel
Clark Merrefield
Michael Muench
Jens Munch
Lenina Nadal
Lorelai Narveja
Alan G. Nasser
Fariba Nawa
Dyan Neary
Lydia Neri
Jen Neumann
Rachel Neumann
Sascha Nevskaya
Sandra Newman
Carolyn Nisinson
Ana Nogueira
Jennifer Nordstrom
Troy Norton
Jordan Novet
Ryan Nuckel
Leah Obias
Denise O’Brien
Todd O’Conner
Don Ogden
Karen Oh
Jacob Onto
Juan Ordonez
Katie Orlinsky
Pablo Ortellado
Ellen Osuna
Jen Owens
Lina Pallotta
Donald Paneth
Ira Paneth
Jessica Partnow
Matt Pascarella
Erica Patino
Tony Pecinovsky
Jeff Peel
Kate Perkins
Jeff Perlstein
Tony Perlstein
Louis Peterson
Sarah Peterson
David Phillips
Bert Picard
Kara Piccirilli
Mark Pickens
Karen Pickett
Bal Pinguel
Tanit Plana
James Powell
Kevin Powell
Nicholas Powers
Jennifer Pozner
F. Precosi
Steve Pressman
Emily Price
Kevin Pritchard
Sarah Proescher
Derq Quiggle
Mauricico Quintero
Tanya Radford
Sid Rainey
Maia Ramnath
Sam Rasiotis
Shawn Redden
Priya Reddy
Emily Reinhardt
Tatiana Reis
Frank Reyneso
Gabriel Riocabo
Velcrow Ripper
Sandra Roa
Dawn Roberts
Alexis Robie
James Rodriguez
Joan Roney
Christian Roselund***
Tom Ross
Michael Rowin
Stanley W. Rogowski
H. George Rubenstein
Simba Russeau
Ramor Ryan
Erica Sackin
Nandor Sala
Pete Salame
Armond Samos
Benjamin Samuels
Ted Sananman
Lutful Sanju
Maximus Santos
Karen Saville
Jeremy Scahill
Ann Schneider
Luz Schreiber
Trish Schuh
Kristin Schurr
Mike Schuwerk
Eric Schwartz
Julian Schwedler
Daniel Scott
Laurel Sutherlin
Nina Segal
Sheba Sethi
Erick Setterlund
Spencer Shane
Michael Shane Manieri
Megan Shea
Dylan Shubitz
Erin Siegal
Annalise Silivanch
Andrew Silverstein
Bill Simms
Josh Sisco
Marina Sitrin
Alice Slater
Andrew Smenos
Matthew Smith
Milton Snipe
Jenka Soderberg
David Solnit
Timothy Sparkman
Pam Spees
Starhawk
Daniel Starling
Jessica Stein
Jason Stella
Andrew Stern
Alex Stonehill
Brendan Story
Laura Strauss
Chris Strohm
Jeanne Strole
Catriona Stuart
Sarah Stuteville
Suzie Subways
D.B. Swann
Maggie Suissman
Naziha Syed Ali
Caroline Sykora
Carolyn Szczepanski
Gina Szeto
John Tarleton
Daniel Tasripin
Regina Taufen
Xavier Tayo
Ishaan Tharoor
Amanda Thieroff
Susanna Thomas
Erin Thompson
Gabriel Thompson
Jennifer Tierney
Kaitlyn Tikkun
Liz Tillottson
Leanne Tory-Murphy
Chloe Tribich
Carley Triche
Rebecca Tubus-Dubrow
Scott MX Turner
Rhianne Tyson
Miguel Ulrich
Hannah Vahl
Amanda Vender
Anne Venesky
Daniel Vila
Alex Vitale
J. Vreeland
Duane Wade
Stephanie Wakefield
Rob Wallace
Megan Walton
Emily Waltz
Kristin Wartman
Matthew Wasserman
Linda Wasson
Bill Weinberg
Jennifer Whitney
Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
Brad Will
Hank Williams
Gregory Wilpert
David Wilson
Ali Winston
Ian Wishnia
Steve Wishnia
Amy Wolf
Kurt Wong
Lesley Wood
Jules Woodell
Gabriel Woodhouse
Adam Woznicki
Mike Wu
Diana Wurn
Jen Yuson
Christina Zawerucha
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai