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Jazmyn Gray was a program coordinator for the Pulitzer Center's Reporting Fellow program. She is a 2023 graduate of Boston University's College of Communication, where she studied journalism and...

Gisela Pérez de Acha reports on extremism, disinformation, and environmental issues for University of California, Berkeley's Investigative Reporting Program with a focus on digital forensics and...

April 4, 2023

Kate LaRocque was formerly the director of development at the Pulitzer Center. Former Pulitzer Center Development Director Kate LaRocque has over 30 years of experience in fundraising for journalism...

Maea Lenei Buhre is a general assignment producer for PBS NewsHour.

Stephanie Sy is a PBS NewsHour correspondent and serves as anchor of NewsHour West. Throughout her career, she served in anchor and correspondent capacities for ABC News, Al Jazeera America, CBSN, CNN...

Shubra Ohri is an attorney with the Missouri office of the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center (MJC).

Jerome Copulsky, a scholar in residence at American University and a Berkley Center research fellow, specializes in modern Western religious thought, political theory, and church/state issues. He is...

Brad Onishi researches Christian nationalism and teaches at the University of San Francisco. His book, Preparing for War: The Extremist History of White Christian Nationalism—And What Comes Next (2023...

Vickie Vértiz is an award-winning poet, writer, educator, and advocate. The oldest child of an immigrant Mexican family, Vértiz was born and raised in Bell Gardens, California, a city in southeast Los...

Kelly Van Baalen is the project manager on the Sea Level Rise team at Climate Central, where she communicates Climate Central's research and tools to key stakeholders across academia, business...

Julie Emra is a curriculum designer, certified reading specialist, and a former elementary school teacher. A previous grant recipient of the 1619 Project Education Network's inaugural cohort, she is...

Hadas Thier is a New York-based author and journalist whose work focuses on economic inequality, U.S. politics, and climate. Her writing has appeared in The Nation, Jacobin, Teen Vogue, In These Times...