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Hannah Sawyer is a sophomore at William & Mary, double majoring in government and journalism and professional writing, On campus, she serves as the associate Variety editor at The Flat Hat and is also...

Livia Martinez is a senior at William & Mary, studying communications and media management with a minor in psychology. Her passion for storytelling stems from her parents, who are both journalists. On...

Susan Merriam is a data and visual journalist at McClatchy, where she works on graphics, data reporting and interactive storytelling across McClatchy outlets including the Miami Herald, The Kansas...

Alyson Clary is a senior research analyst at the APM Research Lab. Clary joined the Lab in 2019 as a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow after earning a doctorate in comparative literature from Emory University...

Leah Lemm is a citizen of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and serves as editor for the Native News team at Minnesota Public Radio [MPR] News.

Mitchell Black writes about Bluffton, South Carolina, and the southern Lowcountry for The Post and Courier's Beaufort County, South Carolina, bureau. He previously covered health care and county...

April 14, 2025

Melissa Olson is a tribal citizen of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and reports for Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)’s Native News project. She is also a recent contributor to MPR’s North Star Journey...

Rashida Jones is a Hampton University Board of Trustees member and a graduate of the university. As president of MSNBC, she made history as the first Black woman to lead a major cable news network...

Shreya Vuttaluru is an investigative data reporter at the Tampa Bay Times. Vuttaluru grew up in New Jersey and is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she studied journalism and political...

Bethany Barnes is the deputy investigative editor at the Tampa Bay Times. She’s interested in labor issues and the federal government. Barnes started at the Times in 2019, after covering education for...

Zachary T. Sampson works on the investigative team at the Tampa Bay Times, reporting stories to identify and fix problems and hold powerful people to account. Sampson previously covered breaking news...

Bill Amaru, a seasoned commercial fisherman from New England, has spent over 50 years navigating the waters of the Atlantic. His story is featured in the Pulitzer Center-supported documentary Troubled...