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Nsikan Akpan runs the health and science desk at WNYC/Gothamist. Akpan was previously at National Geographic, where he worked as a science editor, overseeing its COVID-19 coverage in addition to other...

Gregory Scruggs is a journalist based in Seattle. He has a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and a master's degree from Columbia University. A specialist in Latin America and the Caribbean, he...

Sharon Squassoni helps set the iconic Doomsday Clock as a member of the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Once a nuclear negotiator for the U.S. government, she also...

Rolando Arrieta is a three-time George Foster Peabody award-winning journalist, storyteller and educator. At NPR, he manages the day-to-day content production and breaking news operation. Rolando has...

Sarah Blaskey is a fellow at the Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Reporting at Columbia Journalism School. This project is being done in partnership with Reveal, from the Center for Investigative...

Natalie Hutchison is a reporter with a fervor for hidden ways of life and the individuals that define them. She graduated with her BA in Communication Studies at California State University...

Ryan Michalesko is a visual journalist currently based out of Southern Illinois. This Carbondale, Illinois native derived his passion for visual storytelling from a young age and decided to further...

Gelareh Kiazand has worked in Iran's media industry for six years, initially working as a film photographer for feature films and later as a director of photography for documentaries. During her time...

Janelle Richards is a producer at Nightly News with Lester Holt. She has covered the Pulse Orlando shooting, Freddie Gray protests in Baltimore, the Charleston church shooting and the Amtrak train...

Josephine Holtzman is a Brooklyn-based multimedia producer. Her production work includes everything from NPR Jazz documentaries to a podcast about fried chicken in Pakistan, to interactive climate...

Allison Herrera is a Native American radio journalist whose work was recently featured on PRI's The World. Herrera's Native ties are from her Xolon Salinan tribal heritage; her family's traditional...