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NC Newsline investigative reporter Joe Killian's work examines government, politics, and policy, with a special emphasis on higher education, LGBTQ issues, and extremism.

Robert Runcie is the interim leader of Chiefs for Change and a chief-in-residence for the network. He oversees staff and day-to-day operations and provides coaching and thought partnership to members...

Heidi Gardner is a Cumberland Pride organizer in Cumberland, Maryland.

Maxine Young is a drag queen performer in Cumberland, Maryland.

Greg Malloy is a LGBTQ+ community elder in Cumberland, Maryland.

Aradia LaFay is a drag queen performer in Cumberland, Maryland.

Mary Jane LaFay is a drag queen performer in Cumberland, Maryland.

Christian Diane is a drag queen performer in Cumberland, Maryland.

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...

Andrew J. Whitaker is a photojournalist at The Post and Courier. For the past three years in a row, the South Carolina Press Association awarded him its top "Photojournalist of the Year" honor.

Jeremy Raff is a producer with Fault Lines, an Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning documentary program broadcast to some 300 million homes in 100 countries on Al Jazeera English. Previously, on the staff...

Jessica McKenzie is an associate editor at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Her work has been published in The New York Times, National Geographic, Audubon Magazine, Backpacker, The Counter, and...