Grace Benninghoff is a journalist based in Oregon and Maine. She is a regular contributor to the National Public Radio Network (NPR). Her work has also appeared in Texas Monthly, Grist, Vermont Public, and VTDigger. As a staff writer at The Portland Press Herald, she was awarded a first place Maine Press Association award for her coverage of homelessness. She also took home a first-place award for her series, “Life After Artie,” which documented the aftermath of the 2023 Lewiston shootings for a victim’s family. Grace is passionate about finding human stories at the center of hot-button social and political issues.