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Jeff Barrus was the director of communications and engagement at the Pulitzer Center. A graduate of the University of Maryland, he has 20 years of experience in communications and digital marketing...

Dr. Seema Yasmin is an Emmy Award-winning multimedia reporter, medical doctor, poet, and director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative. She trained in medicine at the University of...

William Brangham is a correspondent and producer for PBS NewsHour. He joined the news program in 2015, after spending two years as a correspondent and producer for PBS NewsHour Weekend.

Fareed Mostoufi is part of the U.S. Education and Outreach team at the Pulitzer Center, where he focuses on designing educational resources and programs that connect audiences to underreported news...

Nick Schifrin leads PBS NewsHour's foreign reporting and has created weeklong, in-depth series for NewsHour from China, Russia, Ukraine, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Cuba, Mexico, and the Baltics. His PBS...

Kem Knapp Sawyer is an editor at the Pulitzer Center and director of its Campus Consortium Reporting Fellow Program. She has reported on children at risk in Congo, Haiti, Bangladesh, and India. Sawyer...

Laura Bassett is a senior politics reporter for The Huffington Post, where she has covered women's health and rights for five years. She earned a master's degree from Georgetown University.

Rachel Oswald is CQ Roll Call's foreign policy reporter, covering the intersection of Congress and foreign affairs. She is a three-time Fellow of the Pulitzer Center and a past fellow of the...

Uri Blau is an Israeli investigative journalist with over 15 years experience exploring political corruption, national security and transparency issues. Blau focuses on in-depth, often data-driven...