Meet the Team – Shasta Scout

We are emerging! Shasta Scout is slowly gathering a team.

Staff

ANNELISE PIERCE

Founder / Managing Editor / Community Reporter

Annelise is Shasta Scout’s Managing Editor and a Community Reporter focusing on religious & political movements, and local government. Read more

NEVIN KALLEPALLI

California Local News Fellow

Nevin Kallepalli reports for Shasta Scout as a California Local News Fellow focused on religion, education, and Shasta County’s minority communities. Read more.

MADISON HOLCOMB

Reporter

Madison is a multi-media reporter with Shasta Scout. She’s interested in reporting on the environment, criminal justice and politics.

NAOMI PIERCE

Administrator

Naomi Pierce is Shasta Scout’s part time administrator. Read more.

Columnists

SHARON BRISOLARA

Op-Ed Columnist

Sharon is a local program evaluator, educator, writer, and resilience & equity coach who writes Underground Good, a monthly column focused on the mindsets and world views of the unseen, ordinary people doing good in Shasta County.

IRENE SALTER

Op-Ed Columnist

Irene is a local leadership coach, educator and PhD neuroscientist, who writes Inside Public Service, a monthly column focused on providing a window into the workings of government at a human level.

ALISSA JOHNSON

Op Ed Columnist

Alissa is an accomplished cellist and an activist for the human rights of autistic and unhoused people. She writes We The Homeless People, a monthly column focused on the perspectives of Shasta County’s homeless community.

COMING SOON

Op Ed Columnist

Our latest columnist

Governing Board

ANNELISE PIERCE

President

I’m a relative newcomer to the media world without a background in journalism. It’s a perspective that’s allowed me to confront long-standing issues in the media industry. My two years on the Shasta County Grand Jury were formative to my 2021 decision to begin a local news media organization.

JEANNETTE LOGUE

Treasurer

Jeannette Logue has had two professional careers. She taught at the
elementary and junior high levels in the Happy Valley Union Elementary School District for seventeen
years. In 1988, Jeannette was hired by CTA to represent teachers in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties and moved with her husband to Eureka. She was promoted to the position of Assistant Executive Director – Region 1 at CTA’s state headquarters
in Burlingame in CTA in 1994, at which time they moved to San Bruno.

Sam Gross

Secretary

Sam Gross is a co-founder and VP of Content for Stacker, a data journalism newswire that produces and syndicates stories to over 2,000 publishing partners. He sits at the intersection of editorial, newsroom product, and partnership strategies to support the creation of coverage that can complement the efforts of local news organizations.

Irene Salter

Board Member

Irene is a local leadership coach, educator, and PhD neuroscientist. She has been a columnist for Shasta Scout and is now on the governing board.

Lisa Heyamoto

Board Member

Lisa Heyamoto is dedicated to building a durable local news infrastructure through sustainable organizational growth, systems thinking and community engagement. She is Vice President of Portfolio Learning at the American Journalism Project, where she surfaces data insights across the grantee portfolio to create rich learning experiences that move news organizations forward.

Shasta Scout is a news media organization operating under the non-profit North State Community Journalism Project, which is pending verification as a 501(c)3 in California. We will continue to grow and diversify the NSCJP board.