• Brian S. Brooks
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    Brian S. Brooks is a former associate dean and longtime faculty member at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. From 1997 to 1999, Brooks served as the top European editor of Stars and...

    March 2, 2026
  • Project Lead, Veronica Jones, takes a selfie with students holding up copies of Born On The Water in the classroom
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    Veronica Jones is the Educational Chair at La Unique Bookstore and Cultural Arts Center in Camden, New Jersey.

    February 27, 2026
  • Ben Kieffer
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    Ben Kieffer

    Ben Kieffer is host of Iowa Public Radio's River to River, a news talk program that explores current events and issues from an Iowa perspective. Kieffer has a bachelor's degree from the University of...

    February 27, 2026
  • Lauren Cross
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    Lauren Cross

    Lauren Cross is the assistant editor/audience engagement manager at Investigate Midwest. Her role involves not only editing and managing content but also developing innovative strategies to engage...

    February 27, 2026
  • Josie Mottl
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    Josie Mottl

    Josie Mottl is a senior and one of the co-editors-in-chief for The Kirkwood Call, the student newspaper at Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri. Mottl plans to attend the University of Missouri...

    February 27, 2026
  • Kiley Huang
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    Kiley Huang

    Kiley Huang is a senior at Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri. She is the editor-in-chief of the school's student newspaper, The Kirkwood Call, vice president of the START Club and KH Choirs...

    February 27, 2026
  • Sarah Almukhtar
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    Sarah Almukhtar is a designer and journalist. She worked for The New York Times from 2015 to 2024, where she designed visual stories about the news using data, mapping, and multimedia. Her...

    February 27, 2026
  • Susanna Granieri
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    Susanna Granieri is a researcher and reporter for First Amendment Watch, a nonprofit newsroom housed at New York University. Her past internships include writing for the Legislative Gazette, an Albany...

    February 27, 2026
  • Sam Rabiyah
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    Sam Rabiyah

    Sam Rabiyah is a journalist and multidisciplinary technologist based in New York. He works at the intersection of investigative reporting, counter-mapping, data visualization, and oral history to make...

    February 27, 2026
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    Luis Enrique Pedroza is a student majoring in communications and digital arts at Westchester Community College in New York state, where he serves as the social media intern for the Communications...

    February 23, 2026
  • Zara Shamim
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    Zara Shamim

    Zara Shamim is studying public health science at the University of Maryland.

    February 19, 2026
  • Afeef Nessouli
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    Afeef Nessouli is a journalist and host of __With Afeef Nessouli. He previously worked for Spotify, The Wall Street Journal's daily news podcast "The Journal," and "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah."...

    February 10, 2026