Andrea Bruce is an award winning documentary photographer whose work focuses on people living in the aftermath of war, including social issues that are sometimes ignored and often ignited in war’s wake. Her clients include publications around the globe.
@abruce_noorAndrew Losowsky is Head of Community Product at Vox Media and a member of the Coalition Against Online Violence. He was a founder of Coral, a commenting platform used in more than 500 newsrooms in 28 countries. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
@losowskyAndy Wink is Executive Director of the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association (BBRSDA), which represents Bristol Bay salmon fishermen and seeks to enhance the fishery’s value through marketing activities, quality improvement, habitat protection and other efforts. New York Times science and global health reporterApoorva Mandavillihas covered the coronavirus pandemic since its beginnings. She’ll discuss her reporting — her approach, the challenges and what keeps her going as the pandemic presses into another year.
@apoorva_nycCasey Grove is a reporter at Alaska Public Media and host of Alaska News Nightly. A lifelong Alaskan with a journalism degree from the UAF, he has reported for Alaska news outlets, including the Anchorage Press, KTUU-TV, the Anchorage Daily News and the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
@kcgroveEmily Kwong is the co-host of NPR’s daily science podcast, Short Wave, a show about making science for everyone. From 2014-2018, she reported for KCAW-Sitka, covering local government and community events, chasing stories onto fishing boats and up volcanoes.
@emilykwong1234Gail Fenumiai was born and raised in Juneau and is a graduate of the University of Alaska system. She has over 20 years of experience working for the Alaska Division of Elections and started her second tenure as director in January of 2019.
@ak_electionsJane Elizabeth is a career journalist who’s worked in newsrooms from the Richmond Times-Dispatch to The Washington Post. She recently left her role as managing editor of two major North Carolina newsrooms to become a media advisor, and teaches at the Scripps School of Journalism.
@JaneElizJoanne Griffith is the chief content officer for APM Studios, the podcast-production division of American Public Media. She is also the founder of En(title)d! Leaders, a conversation and coaching space for leaders of color in media.
@globaljournoKyle Hopkins is a reporter and special projects editor for the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica’s Distinguished Fellows Program. He’s a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks journalism program and previously worked at KTUU.
@kylehopkinsakLiz Ruskin covers Alaska’s congressional delegation, federal agency decisions that shape life in the 49th state, money in politics and elections. Ruskin has been the Washington, D.C. correspondent for Alaska Public Media since October 2013. She was born in Anchorage and is a West High graduate.
Mary Peltola is the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission Executive Director. KRITFC serves 33 tribes on the Kuskokwim River. Mary is Yup’ik Eskimo and was raised in Kwethluk, Tuntutuliak, Platinum, and Bethel. Mary grew up spending summers subsistence and commercial fishing and tendering on the Kuskokwim River for all salmon species.
Nat Herz is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News. He’s been a journalist in Alaska for nearly a decade and previously worked at Alaska Public Media. He covers government, politics, environment, COVID-19 and more.
@Nat_HerzNoelle Crombie is a senior staff writer at The Oregonian. Her recent work revealed the toll of a long-delayed rape kit analysis on a sexual assault victim, investigated the groundswell of white nationalism in Oregon, exposed a Portland-area police agency’s failure to discipline a veteran cop and delved into the rise in gun violence.
@noellecrombieTom Huang is Assistant Managing Editor for Journalism Initiatives at The Dallas Morning News, where he oversees COVID-19 coverage, edits the Sunday front page, directs newsroom talent development and leads The News’ community-funded journalism initiative, which seeks philanthropic funding to support public service journalism.
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