Our Team
Blake Stoner
Founder & Chief Reporter
Dawn DeCosta
Strategic Planning & Partnerships
Jaime Fernandez
Stakeholder Management
Shweta Jain
Research & Development
Kayla Arroyo
Community Outreach
Shiming Huang
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Justin Adames
UI/UX Developer
Koffison Voumadi
Mobile Engineering Fellow
Randi Williams
CMS Intern
Javaughn Lindsay
Outreach Fellow
Nima Sherpa
CMS Intern
Amtul Ali
Vngle Jr Intern
The concept of Vngle was born in Ferguson, Missouri
Vngle is a response to growing misinformation and underrepresentation that's plaguing so much of America.
Our origin is rooted in grassroots work and seeing the systemic problems local communities face. This work started in Ferguson, MO, where social injustice is real but goes incredibly underreported. Ferguson like so many other underrepresented cities is a news desert, a place that gets little to no original reporting. Today, over 64% of America, millions of people, do not get daily original news on their area. These areas are where misinformation grows the most.
We started Vngle to address these critical issues through empowering communities to bring various angles of verified local news to their area.