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Lottie Joiner is an award-winning multiplatform journalist. The Washington, D.C.-based writer and editor covers race, social justice, civil rights and culture. Her work focuses on issues that impact...

Cheryl Diaz Meyer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, independent photographer known for her coverage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and for her insightful documentation of women facing violence in global...

Mike Fritz is a producer and video journalist for PBS NewsHour. Prior to joining PBS in 2009, Fritz worked for the Associated Press, NBC News and freelanced for the New York Times. His stories have...

Umair Irfan covers climate change, energy, and the environment for Vox. He is also a contributor to Science Friday. Before joining Vox, Umair was a reporter for Climatewire at E&E News in Washington...

Eliza Barclay oversees Vox.com's health, science, energy, and environment coverage. She was formerly a reporter and editor at NPR, and most recently edited the food blog, The Salt. As editor of The...

Stephanie Beasley is a multilingual journalist based in Washington, D.C. She has worked as both a staff writer and freelance print and photo journalist for publications such as POLITICO, Bloomberg BNA...

Kimberly Dozier is a CNN Global Affairs Analyst. At the time she received her grant, she was a contributor to The Daily Beast and TIME magazine. Dozier covered intelligence and national security for...

Zoë Carpenter is a reporter and editor at The Nation. She received the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2018, and has been a finalist for the Livingston Awards and the National...

Amy Nye is a Master of Public Health candidate at The George Washington University Milken Institute in Washington, D.C. where she is focusing on program design, monitoring, and evaluation within...

Joy is a recent graduate of Spelman College where she majored in International Studies. She is committed to amplifying the voices of marginalized folks, especially women of color, in society and...

Merdie Nzanga is a senior at Howard University majoring in journalism and international affairs. She hopes to become an international correspondent.

Sasha Ingber is a multimedia journalist who mainly covers national and foreign affairs. She is a news reporter for NPR and has produced numerous short-form, digital documentaries and articles for...