John Hernandez is the assistant director of audience at the Tribune. After fellowships at APM Reports and Minnesota Public Radio, John went on to work in journalism support at the American Press Institute and Resolve Philly, where he convened newsrooms in collaboratives and cohorts that focused on best practices related to elections reporting, community listening, and nuanced coverage of Indigenous people. John is a proud graduate of Texas State University’s journalism school. He was born in Bogota, Colombia but grew up in Queens, New York, which is why you’ll probably catch him wearing a Mets hat almost every day.