<strong>Polly Basore Wenzl</strong> first embraced narrative journalism in 1999, acting as editor of her now-husband Roy Wenzl’s groundbreaking work for The Wichita Eagle. She left in 2003, doing writing-focused work in nonprofit and education sectors before returning to local news as editor of the non-profit startup The Wichita Beacon last year. She is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Apocalyptic-Polly-Pandemic-Basore-Wenzl/dp/0977174956?fbclid=IwAR2L5pfZhbI84g9NjHZVSCWa_XvjpBaf098BswijFAlnC32jCVihc585_p0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Apocalyptic Polly: A Pandemic Memoir."</a>
