Industry Inclusion Fellows

2025 Fall Semester Hubbard School Industry Inclusion Fellows

Daniel Bergin
Executive Producer, TPT - Twin Cities PBS
Daniel is a filmmaker and an executive producer and WEM Foundation Endowed Director of History with Twin Cities PBS where he works with the power of storytelling and restorative narrative to empower, educate, and entertain the community. Daniel will spend time in Jour 3741: Diversity and Media helping students apply historical narrative to represent diverse points of view.

Sheletta Brundidge
Radio and podcast host, entrepreneur, author, columnist 
Sheletta is an Emmy award-winning comedian and radio host. Aware of the serious lack of diversity in traditional media and frustrated by her own inability to find a seat at the table, she decided to build her own. In 2020, Sheletta created SHElettaMakesMeLaugh, a multi-media online platform with weekly podcasts. In JOUR 1001, Sheletta will be talking with students about her work in television, radio and podcasting; her experience as a children's book author; and her new role as a Star Tribune columnist. In Jour 4243: Digital Content Development and Production for Brand Communications, Sheletta gives students an overview of the podcast industry, helps them write great scripts and then gives inspiring and helpful feedback on students' finished projects. 
 

Jada Jesberg
Associate producer, broadhead
Jada (B.A. '21) has been a production coordinator and associate producer at broadhead. Jada will bring her timely industry experience to the students of Jour 4274W: Advertising in Society, asking students to explore challenging moral and ethical questions that face real working professionals.

Andy Mannix
Crime and Policing Reporter, Star Tribune
Since joining the Star Tribune in 2016, Mannix (BA '09) has worked on beats reporting on Minnesota’s courts and law enforcement at state, local, and federal levels, Minneapolis City Hall and issues related to criminal justice policy and prisons. In 2020, he was part of the team of reporters that covered the killing of George Floyd and aftermath, leading to the Star Tribune winning the George Polk Award and Pulitzer Prize. He holds a master's degree from University of California-Berkeley, where he focused on data-driven journalism. Prior to joining the Minnesota Star Tribune, Mannix wrote about a variety of topics, such as crime, recreational marijuana and politics, for publications including The Seattle Times, MinnPost, City Pages and The Minnesota Daily. He lives in Minneapolis.
 

Anjula Razdan
Senior Director, Digital, Experience Life
Anjula is Senior Director, Digital with Experience Life magazine, where she also served as senior editor for health and nutrition from 2006 to 2014 before leaving for stints as vice president for content with Be Well by Dr. Frank Lipman and as senior news producer for a health-news start-up. She has also worked as a senior editor for the Utne Reader and as a staff writer for Southwest Journal. She brings a savvy, digital perspective that is grounded in the best of magazine writing and storytelling. In Jour 3173W: Magazine & Feature Writing, she guides students as they create online magazines to host their stories, offering critique of their niches and digital content presentation. She also guides students as they learn the fundamentals of WordPress in their groups. 

 Heidi Wigdahl
Reporter, KARE 11
Heidi Wigdahl joined KARE 11 as a multimedia journalist in 2015. She started her career at KTTC in Rochester, Minnesota before heading south to work at WBIR in Knoxville, Tennessee. Heidi has always been a solo video journalist and she enjoys every part of crafting a story. She has received four regional Emmys for Best Video Journalist. Her work has also been recognized by the Edward R. Murrow Awards, the National Press Photographers Association, the Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association’s Eric Sevareid Awards and the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists. In 2015, the Tennessee Associated Press named her “Best TV Reporter.”