Jill Dougherty is an American journalist and educator who has been a correspondent for CNN for several years. During her time working for CNN, Dougherty has been a White House correspondent, and a Foreign Affairs correspondent. Throughout her career as a correspondent, Dougherty has covered the US State Department, US Affairs Editor, and has also been the Moscow Bureau Chief... read full bio
Matt Bai is an American journalist, screenwriter, and author who is best known for being the political columnist for Yahoo! News. Bai was born in Trumbell, Connecticut, and he earned his B.A. from Tufts University before going on to earn his M.A. from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism where he earned the Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship. Bai began his career working... read full bio
Laura Snapes is a freelance journalist who frequently contributes to Pitchfork, Uncut, The Guardian, The Observer, The Financial Times, and NME. She also has written for The Financial Times. She has worked as the features editor for NME and as an editor for Pitchfork in the past. Pitchfork is fortunate to have her on staff as a contributing editor. She... read full bio
Sarah Howard is a well-known writer and beauty expert based in Los Angeles. H er father is the owner of the famed NYC salon Pierre Michel and the former proprietor of Make Up Forever, Sarah has worked in the beauty industry since she was a young adult. She is always up to date on the newest cosmetics and her sultry site... read full bio
Yolanda "Yoli" Vazquez is a reporter who has won multiple awards. Currently, she serves as a motor news anchor for MotorWeek, which can be seen on PBS, Velocity, and the V-me Spanish-language network. The primary mission of Yoli is to provide readers with insights and background information on significant consumer stories. After being on the front lines of breaking news... read full bio
For publications such as National Geographic Traveler, The New Yorker, Slate.com, Outside, the New York Times Magazine, The Believer, The Guardian (U.K.), Sports Illustrated, National Public Radio and the Travel Channel, Rolf Potts has written from more than sixty different countries. His travels have taken him to six continents and included sailing a fishing boat 900 miles down the Laotian Mekong, hitchhiking through... read full bio
Richard Stengel, a former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and a longstanding editor of TIME, has witnessed and steered the transition of the mainstream media. Stengel, who describes his position at the State Department as "Chief Marketing Officer of Brand USA," remains focused on the intersection of politics, policy and media. He frequently speaks on topics... read full bio
Since the 1960s, sportswriter and broadcaster Peter Gammons has been a mainstay in the industry. He started his career as the baseball columnist at The Boston Globe after receiving his degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he also worked for the student-run newspaper. Gammons worked at the Boston Globe for more than 20 years. He... read full bio
Saul Singer is a well-known journalist and author. He is best known for co-authoring the top-selling book Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle with Dan Senor. The book, which explores Israel's outstanding inventive powers, has won great praise. Singer has had a variety of encounters throughout his working career. He provided his knowledge on significant international and monetary policy... read full bio
Charles Hurt writes columns for The Washington Times and serves as the Opinion Editor. Throughout his 20-year career, Mr. Hurt has worked his way up from beat reporter for the Detroit News and Washington correspondent for the Charlotte Observer before joining The Washington Times in 2003. He is frequently seen as a contributor on Fox News's iconic evening news roundtable.... read full bio
For more than 20 years, Connie Walker has illuminated Indigenous experiences that are frequently disregarded. As an investigative journalist who has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Peabody Award, she has brought attention to the terrible effects of intergenerational trauma caused by Indian Residential Schools as well as the violence issue in Indigenous communities. Walker is a gifted storyteller... read full bio
Jonathan Alpeyrie, who was born in Paris in 1979, immigrated to the US in 1993. He studied medieval history at the University of Chicago, where he eventually earned his degree after graduating from the Lycée Français de New York in 1998. While still an undergraduate, Alpeyrie began his career as a photographer for local Chicago newspapers. Over the course of his... read full bio
With over ten years of experience in TV, radio, and digital journalism, Suzanne Kianpour is an Emmy-nominated journalist who has been on the front lines of some of the biggest breaking news stories in the world. She offers insight and analysis on important political and foreign policy issues based on her extensive on-the-ground experience both domestically and abroad, as well... read full bio
Jason Rezaian contributes to the Global Opinions section of the Washington Post. He was the head of the Post's Tehran bureau before. Iranian authorities detained him and held him in prison for 544 days until he was released. He wrote for numerous American and foreign magazines before joining the Washington Post, including TIME, Foreign Policy, the San Francisco Chronicle, Slate,... read full bio
Simon Rogers is a data editor, analyzer, journalist, writer, and speaker. He has written a variety of different books and papers, including Facts Are Sacred: The Power of Data. Rogers has also written infographics for childrens books, was the launch news editor of the Guardians United Kingdom data site, and has three Guardian books including How Slow Can You Waterski... read full bio
Wendy Zuckerman is an Australian science journalist and podcast who is best known for being the host of the podcast Science Vs, which works to communicate science, it’s controversy, and confusion, to non-scientists. Science Vs was previously produced and distributed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation as part of ABC Radio’s First Run podcast program. The podcast takes on topics such as... read full bio
Quentin Hardy is currently the Head of Editorial for the Google Cloud. He graduated from Kenyon College with an AB in English and went on to graduate from SOAS University of London with an MA in Area Studies-Southeast Asia, he then went to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Hardy started his career as a reporter at Dow Jones for... read full bio
Kathleen Sharp is an award-winning journalist, acclaimed author, film consultant and dynamic speaker. Her latest book Blood Medicine: The Man Who Blew the Whistle on a Deadly Pharmaceutical Drug (Dutton), has been called the most important non-fiction book of the past 20 years." The book is also being developed as a feature film by New Regency Productions."... read full bio
Trish Regan served as anchor on CNBC's The Call. A multi-Emmy nominated journalist, Regan also reported for CNBC's documentary unit. Regan has reported extensively on international economic issues including terrorist financing, arms smuggling, counterfeit goods, and free trade. She's covered the G-8 summit, in which she reported on the increased tensions between the U.S. and Russia and has traveled to... read full bio
Ben Bradlee Jr. is a skilled journalist and author who has worked for The Boston Globe for more than 25 years. His leadership of the prestigious Spotlight Team, which received global acclaim for their ground-breaking work on the investigation of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, is perhaps his most notable contribution to investigative journalism. The work of the group... read full bio
