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This American Life
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Managing Editor
Mother Jones Magazine
Ann Telnaes
Political Cartoonist
Humor's Edge
Wanda Sykes
Comedian
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News Anchor
CNN en Espanol
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Photographer
Rolling Stone Magazine
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Sports Writer
Woburn Daily Times
Anthony Veneziale
Creator
Freestyle Love Supreme
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Editorial Director
Latina Magazine
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The Newshour With Jim Lehrer
Terry Stewart
CEO
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
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Social Artist
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CNN
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Restaurateur/Owner
Bus Boys and Poets
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Director of Education
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific
Paul Salopek
Foreign Correspondent & Journalist
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Editor in Chief
Scientific American
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Stand-Up Comic
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Writer
Airea Dee Matthews
Spoken Word Poet
Vienna Mbagaya
Founder
Invisible Neighbors
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Freestyle Love Supreme
Arel Moodie
Author/Speaker
Founder of the College Success Program
Kevin Klose
CEO/President
NPR
John Podesta
President/CEO
Center for American Progress
David Farrar
Political Blogger
Kiwiblog
Travis Gafford
Esports Journalist
Yahoo! Sports
Peggy Stern
Academy Award-Winning Filmmaker
"The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation"
Maria Burns Ortiz
CEO / Co-Founder
7 Generation Games
Jose Antonio Vargas
Journalist / Activist / Founder
Define American
Cheryl Dunye
Filmmaker
The Watermelon Woman
Joe Ray
Editor
Lowrider
Jorge Cham
Cartoonist / Roboticist
PHD Comics
E. Lockhart
Author
Mila Rosenthal
Director of Communication
United Nations Development Programme
Nancy E. Turner
Author
"These Is My Words"
Tom Arviso Jr.
CEO/Publisher
Navajo Times Publishing Co., Inc.
Isa Adney
Author & Speaker
"Community College Success: How to Finish with Friends, Scholarships, Internships, and the Career of Your Dreams"
Jim Lehrer
Journalist
Kirby-Lynn Shedlowski
Public Affairs Officer
National Park Service–Grand Canyon National Park
Elaine Del Valle
Actress & Producer
Del Valle Productions
Travis Robinson
Head of Global Talent Diversity, Americas Campus Recruiting, & Talent Attraction
Spotify
Jessica Walden
Co-Founder
Rock Candy Tours
Sucheta Rawal
Food & Travel Writer
Monica Landers
CEO
StoryFit
Raza Ahmad
Narrative Creation & Game Design
Niantic
Gina Prince-Bythewood
Director & Screenwriter
Skydance
Gayle Dickie
CEO
Gamer WorldNews Entertainment
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Associate Producer
MSNBC
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Film Producer
Duly Noted, Inc.
Tia Smedley
Teaching Artist & Poet Mentor
Southern Word
Fernando J. Pérez
Video Coordinator
Silicon Valley De-Bug
Frank Cruz
Co-Founder
Telemundo
Eddie Johnson
TV Analyst & Former NBA Player
Phoenix Suns
Ken Burns
Documentarian & Filmmaker
Florentine Films
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Visualization & Emerging Tech Lead
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Founder
Gayta Science
Elise Peterson
Visual Artist, Writer & Podcast Host
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Screenwriter, Playwright & Novelist
Denver Moore
Co-Author
“Same Kind of Different as Me”
Jeff Foxworthy
Comedian
Jodie Nelson
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E. Benjamin Skinner
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Director of Marketing and Communications
Tokyo Electron Limited
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The City University of New York
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OsiyoTV
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Acting Public Information Officer
Department of Energy and Environment
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City of Philadelphia
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Fishadelphia
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Hourly Communications Specialist
Austin Community College
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Writer & Influencer
Weird Enough Productions
Georgia Fort
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BLCK Press
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Senior Staff Writer
Indianapolis Recorder
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Director
West Wing Writers
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Senior Director
West Wing Writers
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Suquamish Museum
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