About Nicholas L.

I’m a multimedia journalist and editor passionate about combining text with photography and videography to tell stories from a unique perspective. My work has been featured by The Economist, Foreign Policy, Quartz, VICE and many others. I started working as a photographer on conflict and human rights issues while interning and copy editing at a small newspaper in Sana’a, Yemen in 2012. From there, I began working as a freelancer, first in Tunisia, then in Cairo, covering the aftermath of the Arab Spring. I’m currently based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, working on a series of long-term reporting projects in rural Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.

About Todd R.

I am a video producer with over 20 years of experience in broadcast journalism, local affiliate promotions, scriptwriting, local television commercial production, and long-form marketing and promotional digital media production. I began my career as a one-man band television reporter at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. I am very comfortable directing a multi-person crew or working solo. Experience includes producing, directing, live event production, director of photography and audio tech. I am also a husband, dad, avid runner and outdoor enthusiast.

About Jaclynn A.

Freelance journalist based in Bethlehem, Palestine. I have done work for Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, AJ+, and Mondoweiss. My stories explore culture and politics in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from a people-based perspective.

About Kat R.

Kat Robinson is a food historian and travel writer based in Little Rock. She is the author of Another Slice of Arkansas Pie: A Guide to the Best Restaurants, Bakeries, Truck Stops and Food Trucks for Delectable Slices in The Natural State. She is also the author of three previous travel dining guides: Arkansas Pie: A Delicious Slice of the Natural State (2012), Classic Eateries of the Ozarks and Arkansas River Valley (2013) and Classic Eateries of the Arkansas Delta (2014). She is the host of the Arkansas Educational Television Network program Make Room For Pie: A Delicious Slice of The Natural State, a committee member of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame and the Arkansas fellow to the Southern Food and Beverage Museum, as well as the 2011 Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Henry Award winner for Media Support. Her work appears in regional and national publications including Food Network, Forbes Travel Guide, Serious Eats, AAA Magazines and AY Magazine, among others. While she writes on food and travel subjects throughout the United States, she is best known for her ever-expanding knowledge of Arkansas food history and restaurant culture, all of which she explores on her 1200+ article website, Tie Dye Travels. Kat's previous experiences include radio personality work and television producer, including eight years as the senior producer for Today's THV This Morning, the CBS affiliate morning show in Little Rock. She lives in Little Rock with her daughter Hunter, partner Grav Weldon and a pair of mutant cats.

About Mohamed A.

Hamada Elrasam (b. 1987 inEgypt) is a Cairo-based freelance documentary photographer, photojournalist,and videographer who covers humanitarian stories with a critical and creative eye. From the painful legacies of the Egyptian revolution and the Rwandan genocide, to the frontline of Europe’s migration crisis on the Greek island of Lesvos, he has dedicated his practice to the advancement of social justice and human rights. Over the last eight years, Hamada’s work has been published by the AssociatedPress, Voice of America, GlobalPost, Agence France-Presse, Al-MasryAl-Youm, Los Angeles Review of Books, Le Monde diplomatique, ABC News, Mada Masr, Jacobin, Al-Monitor, Truthout, among others. His image of a protest clash in Cairo won the Egyptian Photojournalist Society’s 2012 Egypt PressPhoto Award. In 2015, the Associated Press published his project “Traces of the Conflict,” which he produced as part of the first cycle of the Arab Documentary Photography Program.

About Hani A.

Hani Abu Rezeq is a Palestinian journalist residing in Gaza. A former correspondent for al-Haya newspaper, he is currently a freelance journalist. Rezeq graduated from Gaza's Al-Azhar University in 2014 with a major in journalism. He is interested in youth and social affairs

About Virginia B.

Virginia Brown is a full-time freelance writer and trained journalist and editor with recent bylines in The Washington Post, AFAR magazine, AAA Traveler, Our State magazine, The Charlotte Observer , Columbus CEO, among others. She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School and a bachelor’s in communications from UNC-Chapel Hill. Recent clips at vbwrites.com.

About Ibrahim H.

An ambitious, persistent Journalist with a strong scientific educational An ambitious, persistent Journalist with a strong scientific educational background. Proud of combining the scientific style of engineering studies with a long-time passion for literature in creative content creation. Sciences are used as tools to analyze and produce engaging reports for business and media, and the writer’s pen is used to communicate clearly with audiences and clients alike. Continuously looking for knowledge, skills, and new challenges.

About Mustafa F.

Egyptian journalist writer, member of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate