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Nikki Jones is a professor and the H. Michael and Jeanne Williams department chair of African American Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Jones is the author of Between Good and Ghetto...

Graph Massara is the editor of the Transgender Journalists Association's stylebook. He was most recently a fact-checker with the Associated Press, where he also contributed to the AP Stylebook's...

Vickie Vértiz is an award-winning poet, writer, educator, and advocate. The oldest child of an immigrant Mexican family, Vértiz was born and raised in Bell Gardens, California, a city in southeast Los...

Marie Baronnet studied art and photography in France, where she grew up. She worked as a photojournalist for international magazines, along with a series of investigative photos and video from the...

Robin Meadows is an independent science journalist in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in water, climate resilience, and environmental policy. Her work has been published in Bay Area...

Sarah Swan is the director of communications and audience engagement at the Pulitzer Center. Before joining the Center, she worked as an account director at Media Cause, where she led cross-functional...

Brett Simpson is an audio and print journalist covering the intersections of health, the environment, and human rights. She is a 2021 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School...

Reva and David Logan Distinguished Chair in Investigative Journalism, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

Visual journalist and former Investigative Reporting Project student reporter

Investigative Reporting Project student reporter

ChiChai Mateo is a community gatherer, business owner, artist, and educator. Born and raised throughout Ohlone land (San Francisco Bay Area) as a child of Philippine immigrants, she stems all she does...

Josh Wagner recently graduated from Stanford University with a degree in English. He focused on the religious poetry of William Blake. His writing has been published in The Stanford Daily and The New...