On this episode of Cardinal Call, hosts Oliver Gerharz and Ted Hyngstrom talk to the Daily Cardinal’s Editor-in-Chief Frankie Pica and Managing Editor Ava Menkes about the Cardinal’s Spring 2025 Action Project, Uncertain Horizons: Immigration in Wisconsin. They discuss the stories in the issue including a photo essay on immigrant students, a local choir, and the Fulbright program.
Francesca Pica is a former editor-in-chief for The Daily Cardinal. She previously served as the city news editor. She has covered multiple municipal elections, state politics and lead reporting on Madison labor issues. She served as an intern for The Capital Times, WisPolitics and the Wisconsin State Journal. She will intern with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 2025.
Oliver Gerharz is the arts editor and former podcast director for the Daily Cardinal. He is a journalism major and former host of the Cardinal Call. Follow him on Twitter @OliverGerharz.
Ava Menkes is a former managing editor for The Daily Cardinal. She previously served as the state news editor. She has covered multiple elections, legislative redistricting, healthcare and campus news. She also led 2024 presidential coverage and a project on news deserts. She previously interned with Wisconsin Watch and Isthmus, and will report with The Nation in 2025 on foreign policy and immigration. Follow her on Twitter at @AvaMenkes.
