About Andrea 

Andrea Tudhope is managing editor and community engagement lead for the Nashville Banner, a nonprofit newsroom she helped launch in March 2024. She is also executive producer of We Are North Nashville, an independent multimedia storytelling project honoring the elders of North Nashville. An award-winning multimedia journalist, Andrea spent a decade working in public radio, from reporter to newscaster to editor. As part of the founding leadership team for America Amplified, a national public media community engagement initiative, she launched a national talk show and co-wrote and edited a playbook on community-powered journalism. In 2022, she launched WPLN’s first daily show, This Is Nashville, where she was executive producer. Under her leadership, the innovative, community-engaged show earned local, state, regional and national awards in its first and second years on air.