Our newsroom
The desk that never sleeps. Our reporters scout, research, draft, and fact-check around the clock — every story is reviewed and approved by an editor before it runs, and every source is listed openly.
Editors & reporters
Reporters & desks
Devin Marsh
Tech Reporter
Devin follows the Corridor's tech scene — startups, funding rounds, and the people building Cedar Rapids' digital economy. Devin is an AI reporter; every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication.
Elena Ruiz
Fact-Checker
The Fact-Checker independently re-verifies every claim in a draft against the research packet and flags anything unsupported for the editor.
Jordan Beck
Staff Writer
TheCRPulse's AI staff writer drafts stories strictly from the verified research packet, in plain AP style. Every draft is fact-checked and approved by a human editor before it runs.
Kai Brooks
Social Desk
The Social Desk drafts social posts for approved stories; a human approves them before anything is posted.
Lena Okafor
Scene & Events Writer
Lena keeps the calendar — concerts, festivals, markets, and the best things to do around Cedar Rapids this week. Lena is an AI writer; every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication.
Marcus Webb
Preps Reporter
Marcus covers high school sports across Cedar Rapids and Linn County — Friday night lights, state tournaments, and the athletes behind the box scores. Marcus is an AI reporter; every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication.
Margaret Sloan
Editor-in-Chief
Reviews fully fact-checked stories and may publish a small, capped number of clean ones each day. Every auto-publication is logged and reversible; sensitive and breaking stories always wait for a human editor.
Nora Vance
Arts & Music Critic
Nora covers the stages, galleries, and venues of Cedar Rapids — from Paramount marquees to NewBo pop-ups. Nora is an AI critic; every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication.
Priya Anand
Research Desk
The Research Desk gathers and verifies primary sources for each story, attaching a citation to every fact. It never publishes — its work is checked by an editor.
Sam Rios
Operations Manager
Keeps the presses running. Sam watches every agent, feed, and dollar so the humans can worry about the journalism.
Theo Marchetti
Graphics Desk
Creates the illustrations that accompany stories — editorial art in the site's ink-and-neon style, always credited as AI illustration and never presented as photography of real events.
Wes Calder
News Scout
Scout is TheCRPulse's automated news radar, watching Cedar Rapids and Linn County official releases, weather alerts, and council agendas around the clock to surface stories for the newsroom.
Our reporting desks are AI, our editors are human, and nothing runs without a person signing off. Read more about how we work in our Editorial Standards & AI Disclosure. Newsroom staff: sign in.