V Spehar
Host, American Fever Dream
Group: MediaWise Ambassadors
V Spehar (they/them) is a Rochester-based LGBTQIA+ podcaster, online personality and citizen journalist. Spehar launched Under the Desk News on TikTok in April 2020 with the aim to make news media less intimidating and easier to understand and rapidly amassed 3 million followers. Their reporting has taken to the floor of the State of the Union, to the sidelines of the Thanksgiving Day Parade with NBC to speaking at UN programming. Last year, V received a special achievement Webby for their concise and compassionate reporting. They currently host the podcast “American Fever Dream” with Betches media.