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Bob Smietana is an award-winning religion reporter and editor who has spent two decades producing breaking news, data journalism, investigative reporting, profiles, and features for magazines...

Katie Sikora graduated with a degree in visual journalism from the University of Miami and worked as a photo editor in Door County, Wisconsin, a media strategist in Chicago, and as an archivist at The...

Carly Berlin is the Gulf Coast correspondent for Southerly Magazine. She began reporting on Hurricane Laura's aftermath the day after the storm hit, interviewing evacuees who had fled to New Orleans...

Syra Ortiz-Blanes is a Puerto Rican journalist with a background in print and audio. She covers the presidential election through a local Hispanic/Latino lens for El Nuevo Herald in Miami through...

Sarah Gelbard is a freelance journalist specializing in print, audio, science, and healthcare. She has contributed reporting to coverage of the 2020 elections with Columbia Journalism Investigations...

Ryan Delaney is a reporter for St. Louis Public Radio, covering both higher education and the many school districts in the St. Louis region. He regularly contributes to national programming, including...

Margaret Pearce is a cartographer and enrolled Citizen Band Potawatomi. She grew up on Seneca territory at Ga'shgöhsagöh (Rochester, NY) and now grateful to be a guest on Penobscot territory at...

Aletha Maybank, MD, MPH currently serves as the chief health equity officer and group vice president for the American Medical Association (AMA), where she focuses on embedding health equity across all...

Born and raised in Colombia, Cris Gallo is a motion designer based in Brooklyn, New York. For the past 12 years, he has been involved in the advertisement industry working for individual brands...

Nicole Conflenti is a video editor and photographer based in Brooklyn, New York, with a focus on documentary-style storytelling, live-music performance, and corporate and branded content. She is...