North America

Michelle Nijhuis writes for National Geographic and the science section of The Atlantic, blogs for the New Yorker, and is a longtime contributing editor of High Country News. She is the co-editor of...

Tristan McConnell is a writer and foreign correspondent living in Nairobi, Kenya. His long-form stories have appeared in GQ, Harper's, New Yorker, Foreign Policy, Columbia Journalism Review, London...

Elliott Woods is a writer, photographer, and multimedia journalist based in Livingston, Montana. Over the course of a decade, he has covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, veterans' issues back...

Michael J. Kavanagh is an American journalist based in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Europe who has reported on central African politics and economics since 2004. He began reporting for...

Peter DiCampo is a documentary photographer whose goal is to contribute his work to a dialogue on international development and perceptions of Africa. He began his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer...

David grew up outside of Detroit, Michigan and studied sociology at the University of Michigan. In 2003, he moved to Caracas, Venzuela, where he began to work as a freelance photographer. While...

William Wheeler is an award-winning journalist and producer who has reported on political affairs around Africa and the Middle East, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. His work has appeared...

Peter van Agtmael graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's in history in 2003. Since 2006, his work has largely concentrated on the United States and the post-9/11 wars. He has received a...

Beth Murphy is a documentary producer, director, author and university professor. She is the founder of Principle Pictures, an independent film company committed to giving voice to the voiceless...

Vanessa M. Gezari has reported from four continents, nine countries, and many corners of the United States. On the eve of September 11, she left the U.S. to freelance in South Asia and spent the next...

Jason Motlagh is journalist and filmmaker drawn to under-reported stories in challenging environments, with a focus on conflict, migration and human rights. He started reporting from Afghanistan in...