I am an author, podcast host, teacher, and reporter. I was born and raised in Indiana, spent seven years in Brooklyn, then moved back to the Hoosier state on Halloween 2020. I joined Free Press Indiana because I wanted to work with a team I respected, under leadership I could trust, in pursuit of a common goal that felt meaningful to me. My reporting covers the well-being of Hoosier women and girls.

My email is: ashley.ford@freepressindiana.org