2 below zero is a nonprofit dedicated to creating thoughtful, thought-provoking public radio documentaries. It was founded by Todd Melby and Diane Richard, a pair of Minneapolis-based producers and reporters. They are also a couple, with kids/stepkids, a mortgage and a French bulldog named Louis to prove it.

Radio stories produced by Todd and Diane have aired on NPR’s Day to Day, PRI's The World, Marketplace, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, The Environment Report, BBC Radio 4, Radio Netherlands International and elsewhere. 2 below zero's most recent documentary, "No Brother of Mine," has aired on public radio stations in New York City; Chicago; Seattle; New Hamphsire (statewide network); Minnesota (statewide network); Austin, Texas; Eugene, Oregon; Bloomington, Indiana, Yellowstone Public Radio and elsewhere.

Todd received his bachelor’s degree from Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minn., and a master’s degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Diane received her bachelor’s degree from Smith College, in Northampton, Mass., and a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

The pair have won several awards for their documentaries, including two RTNDA Edward R. Murrow awards, a PRNDI award and a SPJ Sigma Delta Chi award.