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Danielle Brown, Ph.D. is the 1855 Community and Urban Journalism Professor and an associate professor in the School of Journalism at Michigan State University. She is also the founding director of the LIFT Project -- an engaged research effort aimed at identifying networks of trusted messengers in underrepresented communities in...
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Dr. Donovan A. Watts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University. Dr. Watts’ research interests include American Politics, Black politics, racial and ethnic politics, political behavior, and political socialization. His book project examines how the racialization of American politics has uniquely shaped the political...
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Dr. Stirling is a Lecturer in Law at the USC Gould School of Law, where he focuses on military and veterans issues. A retired Army JAG officer, he runs the Center for Law and Military Policy, a think tank that strengthens the legal protections of those who serve in uniform.
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Dylan Baddour is a reporter for Inside Climate News covering the energy sector and environmental justice in Texas. Born in Houston, he’s worked the business desk at the Houston Chronicle, covered the U.S.-Mexico border for international outlets and reported for several years from Colombia for media like The Washington Post,...
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Edison Wu is an Austin-based data visualization fellow. Earned a master’s degree in May from the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism. He previously interned at the California Reporting Project. Originally from China, Edison worked as an international news editor at Beijing News before transitioning to data journalism....
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Edith Olmsted is an award-winning early-career editor with a Masters in journalism from the Columbia Journalism School. She was previously the social media intern at The New Republic where she also wrote political essays and breaking news.