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Michael Frierson is a Professor in the Department of Media Studies at UNC Greensboro. He teaches shooting and editing and he has produced short films for Children's Television Workshop, Nickelodeon...

Ayanna Eva Dickinson was born and raised in Washington Heights, New York, and attended Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side, where she discovered her natural ability and love for writing...

Audrey Fromson is a University of Chicago student studying Creative Writing with a nonfiction focus and Spanish. She was previously a Communications Intern at WhyHunger, a food justice nonprofit based...

Cheryl Diaz Meyer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning, independent photographer known for her coverage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and for her insightful documentation of women facing violence in global...

Jeff Tollefson has written about climate and environmental issues for Nature Magazine since 2007. His work has focused on earth sciences and technology as well as economics, politics and global...

Nina Shapiro is an award-winning reporter at The Seattle Times who writes about social issues. She has covered immigration closely in the past several years, reporting on everything from the secretive...

Mike Fritz is a producer and video journalist for PBS NewsHour. Prior to joining PBS in 2009, Fritz worked for the Associated Press, NBC News and freelanced for the New York Times. His stories have...

Shelby Gilson is a recent graduate of Flagler College where she earned her undergraduate degree in Political Science with a minor in English. Growing up in the Midwest, in the heart of Coal Country...

Pallavi Puri is a second-year MPH candidate pursuing certificates in Health Communication and Promotion with Health Economics. She has a background in political science and over six years of work...

Megan Thompson is an award-winning correspondent, producer, shooter, and editor. She most recently served as a correspondent and substitute anchor for the weekend edition of PBS NewsHour, and worked...

Melanie Saltzman reports, shoots and produces stories on a wide range of issues including global food issues, public health, the environment and international affairs. She most recently served as a...

Caroline Pate is a journalist who tells stories through interactive web design. In the past three years at The Baltimore Sun, her work has included designing and coding immersive story layouts, data...