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Ari Daniel is an independent science reporter who contributes regularly to National Public Radio, among other outlets. Daniel has a master's degree in animal behavior from the University of St...

Gary Marcuse is an independent journalist and filmmaker based in Vancouver, Canada. With background in environmental planning and fine arts, he has written and directed several films about the...

Molly Dutmers is a rising senior at Wake Forest University and a native of Chicago. At Wake Forest, Dutmers studies communication and journalism. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the Old...

Originally from San Francisco, Selin Thomas recently received her Bachelor of Science from Boston University. A Pulitzer Center student fellow, she began reporting as a high school student for a local...

Nell Freudenberger is the author of two novels, The Newlyweds and The Dissident, as well as a story collection, Lucky Girls. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and a Dorothy and...

Matthew Niederhauser is an artist, photojournalist, and educator. He studied anthropology at Columbia University before working on long-term documentary projects. During this time, his work appeared...

Yigal Schleifer is as an independent journalist and analyst based in Washington, D.C., where he also serves the editor of the Turko-file, a EurasiaNet.org blog covering Turkish foreign and domestic...

Janice Cantieri is an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis majoring in international development studies and writing. She is interested in environmental and social justice issues and...

Sebastian Meyer is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker, and a recipient of multiple grants from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. His editorial photographs have been published in TIME...

Rhitu Chatterjee is a health correspondent with NPR, with a focus on mental health. In addition to reporting on developments in psychology and psychiatry, she reports a lot on the social determinants...

Robert Eric Shoemaker is a Chicago-based journalist, poet-playwright, and theatre-maker. Eric's writing has been featured in Newcity, Memoryhouse Magazine, and the Chicago After Dark anthology. Eric's...