Jonah Beleckis is a copy editor and digital producer for WPR. He joined WPR in 2021.
Jonah’s stories have taught readers about the lives of many Wisconsinites, including a professional mermaid, an elderly couple escaping war in Ukraine, and women living with a severely painful yet misunderstood disease.
He has also done original reporting on a Wisconsin native leading a school full of students fleeing the war in Ukraine, Wisconsin having one of the highest prison medical copays in the country, and women who shared their stories of suffering during IUD insertion procedures.
Jonah graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and worked at the Janesville Gazette newspaper for five years, when he won three consecutive profile story of the year awards from the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. Email Jonah at jonah.beleckis@wpr.org to share story ideas and ask any questions about Smuckers Uncrustables.