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Cate Riccio is the Development Assistant for the Pulitzer Center. She graduated from American University with a degree in international studies. She is interested in climate issues and migration...

Noel Lyn Smith (Diné) is a student at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. She is pursuing a master’s degree in investigative journalism. She...

Jenna McMurtry is the editor-in-chief of Claremont Colleges' The Student Life newspaper. She also worked as a summer reporter for Aspen Public Radio. She attends Pomona College in Claremont...

November 8, 2022

Sydne Clarke is a Howard University student and a writer/spoken-word artist who has dedicated her time to social advocacy. Clarke cultivated her high school's first Black Student Union, co-founded the...

Katelyn Ferral is an investigative reporter at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Prior to that, she was a reporter at the Cap Times in Madison, Wisconsin. She covered the energy industry for the...

Caroline Gutman is a freelance photographer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. Her work often looks at gender and economic inequality, climate change, and art and cultural innovation...

Latria Graham is a writer, editor, and cultural critic living in South Carolina. She is a contributing editor at Outside, Garden & Gun magazine, and Outdoor Retailer magazines. She also writes stories...

Mechelle Hankerson is a Virginia Beach native and went to Virginia Commonwealth University, where she was an award-winning college journalist. After college, Hankerson was at Raleigh, North Carolina's...

Omer Khan is a photographer from Kabul, Afghanistan, now based in San Diego, California. Khan studied and graduated from journalism school. With his photography, he aims to "communicate across...

Liz Willen, a longtime education journalist, has led the award-winning Hechinger Report staff as editor-in-chief since 2011.

Carmello Shenandoah is a member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida.

Mahala Billie Osceola, a member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, has lived in Florida her whole life and continues to enjoy learning more about the state's vast history.