North America

Sara Shipley Hiles is an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and the executive director of the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a collaborative reporting...

Cristine Russell is an award-winning journalist who has written about science, health, the environment, and climate for four decades. She is a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS)...

Sarahbeth Maney is a freelance photojournalist based in San Francisco who frequently contributes to The New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Her work focuses on topics related to education...

Alex Blumberg, an award-winning radio journalist, is the editorial director and co-founder of Gimlet Media. Prior to Gimlet, he was a producer for This American Life and the co-founder of Planet Money...

Lyndsey Gilpin is the founder and editor-in-chief of Southerly. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky and now based in Durham, N.C., she is a reporter and editor who has covered climate change...

Carrie Porter is a journalist and media strategist. Her current projects include researching business models for news as a consultant, developing newsletter strategy, and producing a podcast on...

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. is the president & founder of Hip Hop Caucus, a minister, community activist, and U.S. Air Force veteran. Rev Yearwood founded Hip Hop Caucus in September of 2004. The goal of...

Ken Foskett is a senior editor for investigations at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where he leads a team of investigative and data journalists who watchdog state and local government. Additionally...

J. Scott Trubey is an investigative reporter at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Of late, Trubey has focused on the coronavirus pandemic and the state’s response to COVID-19. Trubey joined the AJC in...

John Perry is technical director of the Data Journalism Team at The Atlanta-Journal Constitution. He has more than 25 years of experience as a data journalist working at The Oklahoman newspaper in...

Jennifer Peebles is a newsroom data specialist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, helping reporters find and tell stories with government data (and sometimes documents, too). She is the former...