Ibrahim Adeyemi is an enterprise journalist covering conflicts, humanitarian crises, defense and security. He heads investigations and knowledge management at HumAngle. Although he studied English Language at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Ibrahim deploys accountability journalism to interrogate humanitarian crises, illuminating the grey areas in local and international conflicts. His work has nonetheless produced remarkable impacts, including justice for disadvantaged communities, a voice for the less privileged, punishment for exposed officials, and a contribution to global peace and security.

Ismaël El Bou-Cottereau is a political reporter at Le Point, a French news magazine. He graduated from the Columbia Journalism School, where he wrote a master’s project on Arab and Israeli peace movements that received honors. He previously completed a dual bachelor’s degree in literature and social sciences at Sciences Po and Sorbonne University. In addition to covering French politics, he is a contributing writer for Tenoua and Émile.

Mia Gindis is a reporter at Bloomberg News covering oil trading, with a focus on Middle East geopolitics and broader energy markets. She regularly delivers on-air analysis of oil market developments for Bloomberg TV and radio. Her reporting covers hedge fund behavior, OPEC+ policy and Lukoil’s international asset sales, drawing on her fluency in Russian. Gindis graduated from Baruch College in New York City, where she studied English and international business and served as opinions editor of the student newspaper The Ticker.

Tannu Jain is an MA Science Journalism candidate at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Previously, she was the deputy editor for national and political affairs at Hindustan Times, India’s leading English-language daily newspaper. While at Hindustan Times, she also wrote a weekly column, Cause and Effect, exploring the intersections of climate change with earth sciences, politics, civic policy and pop-culture. She is also a Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting grantee through which she reported on the impact of heatwaves on corals in the only coral atolls in India.

Jake Klingensmith is a technologist currently pursuing dual Master's degrees in Journalism and Computer Science at Columbia University. His focus is on computational investigations and emerging storytelling technologies. Jake brings over a decade of software engineering experience, including serving as Head of Engineering at an AI-driven tax platform and conducting research at Carnegie Mellon University's CREATE Lab, where he developed sensor technology for community-centered environmental monitoring and rail safety advocacy. A Fulbright English Teaching Assistant alumnus in Malaysia, Jake combines technical expertise with a commitment to using technology for social impact.

Erin B. Logan is the Community Engagement Editor at The Associated Press, where her work sits at the intersection of audience loyalty, editorial standards and the responsible integration of emerging technologies in the newsroom. With a decade of experience, she works across the organization to develop new ways for global audiences to engage with AP’s journalism while helping shape digital strategies that strengthen trust in independent, nonpartisan news. Logan is particularly interested in ensuring people can access reliable journalism in whatever form helps them understand the world around them.

Marsha McLeod is an investigative reporter with the Winnipeg Free Press, an independently owned daily, published for more than 150 years on Treaty 1 Territory and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. Marsha reports on matters of national significance, including policing, violence against women and children, and legislation affecting First Nations people. Since graduating from the Columbia Journalism School in 2018, her stories have been published in a variety of U.S. and Canadian outlets, including the Globe and Mail, the Atlantic and Xtra Magazine.

Caelyn Pender is an award-winning journalist at The Mercury News and East Bay Times covering breaking news and impactful regional stories from across the Bay Area. In 2025, she was awarded the CNPA California Journalism Award in Enterprise News for her reporting on child marriage in the state. She graduated from Brown University with a degree in English, where she also served as managing editor of the independent student newspaper. She is a lifelong Californian and is ceaselessly intrigued by the state’s diversity, politics and culture – and the interesting news stories that come with that.

Sonia A. Rao is a journalist based in New York. Most recently, she wrote about disability issues as a national reporter for The New York Times. She has also worked as a correspondent in Nairobi, Kenya for Reuters and has reported for several regional outlets in the U.S., writing about education and local government. She graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May 2024, where she studied journalism and history.

Riddhi Setty is a Delacorte fellow reporting on media at the Columbia Journalism Review. She recently graduated from Columbia Journalism School as class valedictorian with a masters in investigative journalism. Prior to this, she was a legal reporter at Bloomberg Law, covering intellectual property and labor. She has won awards for her investigative and business reporting and is an Online News Association MJ Bear fellow.

James Sutton is a reporter for The Dispatch in Washington, DC, where he writes for The Morning Dispatch newsletter. He is especially interested in reporting on national security and foreign policy issues. He has previously worked as a high school history teacher, and holds a bachelors degree in history from Swarthmore College and a Masters degree in Military History from Oxford University (Wolfson College).

Barbara Wojazer is a reporter for Agence France Presse in Kyiv. She is from Paris, where she worked as a freelance producer with CNN between 2018 and 2021. She has been covering the war in Ukraine for AFP since August 2022, first remotely from Warsaw, and then from Kyiv since May 2024.

Sorayah Zahir is a visuals producer for The Wall Street Journal in New York. Her work focuses on expanding multimedia storytelling on social media in innovative formats and with the goal of reaching new audiences. Sorayah is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. She joined the Journal as a Dow Jones News Fund Digital Media intern. Her work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists, Texas Intercollegiate Press Association and the National Scholastic Press Association, among others.

Eliza Zimmerman is an Editorial and Education Associate with the Prison Journalism Project (PJP) where she supports and develops the work of incarcerated journalists. She first became involved in prison journalism as an undergraduate at Johns Hopkins University, where she spent two years conducting independent research on American prison newspapers and writing archives. She was also a researcher on the Underwriting Souls project, which studies the financialization of the slave trade. After obtaining her degrees in Sociology and Writing Seminars, Eliza spent two years teaching English on a Fulbright Grant in Germany.