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JoeBill Muñoz is a documentary filmmaker, director, and producer of The Strike, a feature documentary about the California prisoner-led protests against solitary confinement. Muñoz was named to DOC...

Hilary Matfess, an assistant professor at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School, is a political scientist specializing in security, gender, and governance in sub-Saharan Africa. She is the...

William George is the Director of Research at Import Genius.

Gabriella Paul is a reporter at WUSF News in Florida. She joined WUSF in June 2022 and returned to her hometown of Tampa, where she reports on a growing list of issues that working people face. Paul...

Octavio Jones is an accomplished photojournalist with a passion for storytelling and a commitment to amplifying the voices of marginalized communities. Jones is a native of Washington, D.C., and spent...

Ferris Jabr is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of Becoming Earth, which reviewers have described as an “electrifying” and “infectiously poetic” “masterwork of...

Sarah Lowery joined the Carolina Public Press, a nonprofit news organization, as audience director in March 2025. She oversees audience outreach, newsletters, social media, and content partnerships...

John Reid has written about environmental and Indigenous issues for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and other outlets. He has contributed photography for The Guardian, O Globo, and...

Billi Sarafina is an award-winning filmmaker who specializes in the comedy genre. The Los Angeles native's passion for writing started at a young age. Sarafina has written over 15 short films that...

Emily DeCock is a junior journalism student at South Dakota State University's School of Communication and Journalism. She is involved with SDSU’s Collegian Media as an editor of the student newspaper...

Amanda Silverman is the features and investigations editor at MIT Technology Review. Silverman was previously an editorial director at Mother Jones and story editor at Foreign Policy.