Lynn Walsh is an Emmy award-winning Investigative journalist at NBC. She is also the National President of SPJ. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: FOIa, investigative journalism.

Lynn Walsh is an Emmy award-winning Investigative journalist at NBC. She is also the National President of SPJ.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: FOIa, investigative journalism.

Jane Ferguson is an award winning correspondent with PBS NewsHour. She spent over a decade covering Middle East and Afghanistan. Read Her Full Bio Here. View Her Work Here. Mentorship Beat: Personal Professional growth as foreign correspondent.

Jane Ferguson is an award winning correspondent with PBS NewsHour. She spent over a decade covering Middle East and Afghanistan.
Read Her Full Bio Here.
View Her Work Here.
Mentorship Beat: Personal Professional growth as foreign correspondent.

HWAIDA SAAD is a reporter with the New York Times and has covered Iraq, Syria and Jordan. Mentorship Beat: Syria, Middle East, Conflict Reporting.

HWAIDA SAAD is a reporter with the New York Times and has covered Iraq, Syria and Jordan.
Mentorship Beat: Syria, Middle East, Conflict Reporting.

JANINE DI GIOVANNI is an author, award-winning foreign correspondent and current Middle East editor at Newsweek. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: War Correspondence, Careers.

JANINE DI GIOVANNI is an author, award-winning foreign correspondent and current Middle East editor at Newsweek.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: War Correspondence, Careers.

JENAN MOUSSA is a journalist based in Dubai, covering the Middle East and terrorism. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Middle East.

JENAN MOUSSA is a journalist based in Dubai, covering the Middle East and terrorism.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Middle East.

JESSICA HATCHER-MOORE is a writer. Her work primarily covers conflict and crisis in East Africa. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Germany, East Africa, Conflict Reporting.

JESSICA HATCHER-MOORE is a writer. Her work primarily covers conflict and crisis in East Africa.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Germany, East Africa, Conflict Reporting.

Allison Joyce is a photojournalist based between Mumbai, India and Dhaka, bangladesh. READ FULL BIO HERE. VIEW HER WORK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: Human rights and gender issues.

Allison Joyce is a photojournalist based between Mumbai, India and Dhaka, bangladesh.
READ FULL BIO HERE.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: Human rights and gender issues.

Diaa Hadid covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. Earlier she reported from the Middle East for over a decade. for The New York Times and the AP. VIEW HER WORK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: foreign correspondence

Diaa Hadid covers Pakistan and Afghanistan for NPR News. Earlier she reported from the Middle East for over a decade. for The New York Times and the AP.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: foreign correspondence

MAC MCCLELLAND is an author and an award-winning journalist. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Careers, Tackling trauma, Haiti.

MAC MCCLELLAND is an author and an award-winning journalist.
Read Full Bio here.
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Mentorship Beat: Careers, Tackling trauma, Haiti.

Katie Nelson is a journalist covering human rights, global health and accountability issues in East Africa. VIEW HER WORK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: East Africa.

Katie Nelson is a journalist covering human rights, global health and accountability issues in East Africa.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: East Africa.

megan pratz is an international news producer based in Washington, DC. credits include Al Jazeera, PBS and Fox News. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Work-Life Balance; Women’s Rights; TV & Digital Journalism

megan pratz is an international news producer based in Washington, DC. credits include Al Jazeera, PBS and Fox News.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Work-Life Balance; Women’s Rights; TV & Digital Journalism

Angela Dewan is a Digital News Producer with CNN International in London. She covers breaking world news stories, writes political analysis, and produces and edits digital content from senior correspondents. She has in recent years focused her work …

Angela Dewan is a Digital News Producer with CNN International in London. She covers breaking world news stories, writes political analysis, and produces and edits digital content from senior correspondents. She has in recent years focused her work on Putin's Russia, the Syrian war, Brexit and developments in Turkey after the failed 2016 coup.

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SHAHEEN PASHA is an assistant professor of international journalism at UMass Amherst. Mentorship Beat: Business reporting, how to pitch. ReAD FULL BIO HERE.

SHAHEEN PASHA is an assistant professor of international journalism at UMass Amherst.
Mentorship Beat: Business reporting, how to pitch. ReAD FULL BIO HERE.

SORAYA CHEMALY is the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project. VIEW HER WORK HERE. Mentorship Beat: Gender and its role in journalism.

SORAYA CHEMALY is the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project.
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Mentorship Beat: Gender and its role in journalism.

Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award winning journalist and news anchor based in pakistan. Mentorship Beat: pakistan, career. VIEW HER WORK HERE.

Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award winning journalist and news anchor based in pakistan.
Mentorship Beat: pakistan, career. VIEW HER WORK HERE.

JAY NEWTON-SMALL is a Time Magazine correspondent and the author of “Broad Influence: How Women are Changing the Way America Works.” Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Careers.

JAY NEWTON-SMALL is a Time Magazine correspondent and the author of “Broad Influence: How Women are Changing the Way America Works.”
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Careers.

Rohini Mohan is an award winning author and journalist from India. She writes about environment, politics and human rights is South Asia. read full bio here. view her work here. Mentorship Beat: India.

Rohini Mohan is an award winning author and journalist from India. She writes about environment, politics and human rights is South Asia.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
Mentorship Beat: India.

DANIELLE VILLASANA is a photojournalist whose documentary work focuses on women, identity, human rights and health. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Photography.

DANIELLE VILLASANA is a photojournalist whose documentary work focuses on women, identity, human rights and health.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Photography.

NIKITA SAXENA IS AN AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST AND EDITOR AT INDIA BEST KNOWN LITERARY AND POLITICS MAGAZINE THE CARAVAN. View her work here. MENTORSHIP BEAT: INDIA, EDITING.

NIKITA SAXENA IS AN AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST AND EDITOR AT INDIA BEST KNOWN LITERARY AND POLITICS MAGAZINE THE CARAVAN.
View her work here.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: INDIA, EDITING.

MANSI CHOKSI is a writer based in New York reporting on gender, crime, pop-culture and the politics of opportunity. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: reporting.

MANSI CHOKSI is a writer based in New York reporting on gender, crime, pop-culture and the politics of opportunity.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: reporting.

SMITA SHARMA is an independent photojournalist based between Delhi, Kolkata and New York focusing primarily on gender violence and human rights issues. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Photography.

SMITA SHARMA is an independent photojournalist based between Delhi, Kolkata and New York focusing primarily on gender violence and human rights issues.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Photography.

AMNA NAWAZ is an award winning journalist based in New York. she is now one of the main anchors and producers at ABC news. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Photography.

AMNA NAWAZ is an award winning journalist based in New York. she is now one of the main anchors and producers at ABC news.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Photography.

ALEXIS GELBER is an award-winning editor and journalist with experience in digital and print media. A longtime top editor at Newsweek, and founding Books Editor of The Daily Beast. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Editing.

ALEXIS GELBER is an award-winning editor and journalist with experience in digital and print media. A longtime top editor at Newsweek, and founding Books Editor of The Daily Beast.
Read Full Bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Editing.

HAYA FATIMA IQBAL is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Pakistan. Read Full Bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: film making.

HAYA FATIMA IQBAL is a documentary filmmaker and journalist based in Pakistan.
Read Full Bio here.
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Mentorship Beat: film making.


Julia Hahn is a TV journalist and moderator based in Istanbul and Berlin. She currently works as Turkey correspondent for DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.

Julia Hahn is a TV journalist and moderator based in Istanbul and Berlin. She currently works as Turkey correspondent for DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.

Valerie Hopkins is a journalist based in kosovo working for the balkan investigative reporting network as well as freelancing for various publications. read full bio here. view her work here. mentorship beat: The Balkans.

Valerie Hopkins is a journalist based in kosovo working for the balkan investigative reporting network as well as freelancing for various publications.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
mentorship beat: The Balkans.

Jennifer Percy is a multi-award winning american journalist based out of new york who is a recipient of prestigious national magazine award among others. mentorship beat: global, magazine story-telling. Read full bio here. View her work here.

Jennifer Percy is a multi-award winning american journalist based out of new york who is a recipient of prestigious national magazine award among others.
mentorship beat: global, magazine story-telling.
Read full bio here.
View her work here.

Gelareh Kiazand is a film maker based in the middle east. She has mainly documented iran and afghanistan, working on projects with news media and hollywood. READ FULL BIO HERE. VIEW HER WORK HERE. mentorship beat: Iran, Afghanistan.

Gelareh Kiazand is a film maker based in the middle east. She has mainly documented iran and afghanistan, working on projects with news media and hollywood.

READ FULL BIO HERE.

VIEW HER WORK HERE.
mentorship beat: Iran, Afghanistan.

alessandria masi is journalist based in the middle east. She is the managing editor with @Syriadeeply. VIEW HER WORK HERE. mentorship beat: Lebanon.

alessandria masi is journalist based in the middle east. She is the managing editor with @Syriadeeply.

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mentorship beat: Lebanon.

Nadia sussman is a multimedia journalist based in brazil. READ FULL BIO HERE. VIEW HER WORK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: Video Reporting.

Nadia sussman is a multimedia journalist based in brazil.
READ FULL BIO HERE.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: Video Reporting.

sulome anderson is a journalist and author based in new york and beirut, lebanon. VIEW HER WORK HERE. mentorship beat: Lebanon.

sulome anderson is a journalist and author based in new york and beirut, lebanon.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
mentorship beat: Lebanon.

nermeen shaikh is a broadcast news producer and co-host aT democracy now! VIEW HER WORK HERE. mentorship beat: Consultant, film.

nermeen shaikh is a broadcast news producer and co-host aT democracy now!

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mentorship beat: Consultant, film.

sahar habib ghazi is the managing editor at global voices. read full bio here. view her work here. MENTORSHIP BEAT: Journalism.

sahar habib ghazi is the managing editor at global voices.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: Journalism.

maria de la Guardia is a photo and video journalist based in afghanistan covering conflict and disasters with a humanitarian focus. READ FULL BIO HERE. VIEW HER WORK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: Afghanistan.

maria de la Guardia is a photo and video journalist based in afghanistan covering conflict and disasters with a humanitarian focus.
READ FULL BIO HERE.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: Afghanistan.

Nighat Daad is the founder for digital rights foundation, a leading online safety and rights group in pakistan. Daad has won the tulip award among others and is a ted fellow READ FULL BIO HERE. Watch HER TED TALK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: Pakistan, dig…

Nighat Daad is the founder for digital rights foundation, a leading online safety and rights group in pakistan. Daad has won the tulip award among others and is a ted fellow
READ FULL BIO HERE.
Watch HER TED TALK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: Pakistan, digital rights

Sara Farid is an independent photo and film journalist, based in pakistan. VIEW HER WORK HERE. Mentorship beat: Film and photo, Pakistan.

Sara Farid is an independent photo and film journalist, based in pakistan. VIEW HER WORK HERE.
Mentorship beat: Film and photo, Pakistan.

Ayesha Tanzeem is a television journalist, having been in this field for more than a decade, She's reported from Pakistan, USA and Afghanistan. read full bio here. view her work here. MENTORSHIP BEAT: Afghanistan, Pakistan.

Ayesha Tanzeem is a television journalist, having been in this field for more than a decade, She's reported from Pakistan, USA and Afghanistan.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: Afghanistan, Pakistan.

Jeta Xharra is the co founder of BIRN and longtime journalist based out of kosovo. Mentorship beat: shattering walls in systems.WATCH HER TED TALK HERE.

Jeta Xharra is the co founder of BIRN and longtime journalist based out of kosovo.
Mentorship beat: shattering walls in systems.

WATCH HER TED TALK HERE.

Mandakini gahlot is a Journalist and Filmmaker based in india. she is a Contributor to France 24, Al-Jazeera and others READ FULL BIO HERE. VIEW HER WORK HERE. MENTORSHIP BEAT: human rights and politics in india.

Mandakini gahlot is a Journalist and Filmmaker based in india. she is a Contributor to France 24, Al-Jazeera and others
READ FULL BIO HERE.
VIEW HER WORK HERE.
MENTORSHIP BEAT: human rights and politics in india.

Megha Rajagopalan is the China bureau chief and Asia correspondent for BuzzFeed News. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Wired and other publications. VIEW HER WORK HERE. mentorship beat: human rights, i…

Megha Rajagopalan is the China bureau chief and Asia correspondent for BuzzFeed News. Her work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Wired and other publications. VIEW HER WORK HERE.
mentorship beat: human rights, investigations

Laura Pitel is a freelance journalist based in Ankara, the Turkish capital. She covers Turkish politics and society, the economy, foreign policy and Syrian refugees. read full bio here. view her work here. Mentorship Beat: Turkey

Laura Pitel is a freelance journalist based in Ankara, the Turkish capital. She covers Turkish politics and society, the economy, foreign policy and Syrian refugees.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Turkey

jill langlois is a freelANCE JOURNALIST CURRENTLY BASED IN brazil. she is also helping the coalition compile resources for fellow journalists. read full bio here. View her work here. Mentorship Beat: Brazil

jill langlois is a freelANCE JOURNALIST CURRENTLY BASED IN brazil. she is also helping the coalition compile resources for fellow journalists.
read full bio here.
View her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Brazil

Shelly Kittleson is a journalist specializing in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Her work has been published in several international, US and Italian media outlets. read full bio here. view her work here. Mentorship Beat: Conflict Reporting

Shelly Kittleson is a journalist specializing in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Her work has been published in several international, US and Italian media outlets.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
Mentorship Beat: Conflict Reporting

Beth Murphy is an American documentary director, producer and author who founded the film production company Principle Pictures and is the director of GroundTruth Films. read full bio here. view her work here. Mentorship beat: afghanistan and filmma…

Beth Murphy is an American documentary director, producer and author who founded the film production company Principle Pictures and is the director of GroundTruth Films.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
Mentorship beat: afghanistan and filmmaking

Lauren Bohn is The GroundTruth Project’s Middle East correspondent and Editor at Large, based in Istanbul. Read full bio here. view her work here. Mentorship beat: Middle East, Gender, Development

Lauren Bohn is The GroundTruth Project’s Middle East correspondent and Editor at Large, based in Istanbul.
Read full bio here.
view her work here.
Mentorship beat: Middle East, Gender, Development

Amanda Sperber is a foreign correspondent based in East Africa and contributor to Al Jazeera English, Foreign Policy, Glamour, and the Guardian, among others. read full bio here. view her work here. Mentorship beat: Kenya

Amanda Sperber is a foreign correspondent based in East Africa and contributor to Al Jazeera English, Foreign Policy, Glamour, and the Guardian, among others.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
Mentorship beat: Kenya

Ilana Panich-Linsman is a photojournalist based in Austin, Texas. Her work focuses on women, human rights, youth culture, immigration, and health. read full bio here. view her work here.

Ilana Panich-Linsman is a photojournalist based in Austin, Texas. Her work focuses on women, human rights, youth culture, immigration, and health.
read full bio here.
view her work here.

Sophie Cousins is a health journalist based in South Asia. Her work focuses on the systems that perpetuate gender inequality and the impact this has on women's and girls' health. Read full bio here. Mentorship beat: health, South asia

Sophie Cousins is a health journalist based in South Asia. Her work focuses on the systems that perpetuate gender inequality and the impact this has on women's and girls' health.
Read full bio here.
Mentorship beat: health, South asia

 
 
 
 
MEGAN O’TOOLE IS A JOURNALIST BASED IN CANADA AND THE MIDDLE EAST WHOSE REPORTING FOCUSES ON LAW, POLITICS, CONFLICT AND HUMAN RIGHTS. view her work here. MENTORSHIP BEAT: CANADA, MIDDLE EAST, CAREERS

MEGAN O’TOOLE IS A JOURNALIST BASED IN CANADA AND THE MIDDLE EAST WHOSE REPORTING FOCUSES ON LAW, POLITICS, CONFLICT AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
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MENTORSHIP BEAT: CANADA, MIDDLE EAST, CAREERS


Aurora Almendral is an award-winning American journalist based in Manila and covering Southeast Asia. She writes for The New York Times and National Geographic Magazine, and is a producer/reporter for NBC News.READ FULL BIO HERE.VIEW HER WORK HERE.

Aurora Almendral is an award-winning American journalist based in Manila and covering Southeast Asia. She writes for The New York Times and National Geographic Magazine, and is a producer/reporter for NBC News.

READ FULL BIO HERE.

VIEW HER WORK HERE.

 
Charlotte Alfred is managing editor of Refugees Deeply, based in Beirut. She has worked on documentaries for PBS Frontline, including Egypt in Crisis. Read full bio here. View her work here. mentorship beat: refugees, migration. Lebanon and Palestine

Charlotte Alfred is managing editor of Refugees Deeply, based in Beirut. She has worked on documentaries for PBS Frontline, including Egypt in Crisis.
Read full bio here.
View her work here.
mentorship beat: refugees, migration. Lebanon and Palestine

Malika Bilal is an international news journalist, TV host, and moderator based in Washington, DC. She is currently co-host of The Stream, an Emmy-nominated news talk show centered on online community participation, where she facilitates live on-air …

Malika Bilal is an international news journalist, TV host, and moderator based in Washington, DC. She is currently co-host of The Stream, an Emmy-nominated news talk show centered on online community participation, where she facilitates live on-air panel discussions while simultaneously bringing in viewer questions, comments and feedback.

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Annie Kelly is an award-winning journalist and editor for The Guardian and Observer newspapers. read full bio here. view her work here. mentorship beat: Human rights, Work/life balance and mental health, PTSD, Interviewing vulnerable communities

Annie Kelly is an award-winning journalist and editor for The Guardian and Observer newspapers.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
mentorship beat: Human rights, Work/life balance and mental health, PTSD, Interviewing vulnerable communities

Beena Sarwar is a veteran journalist and documentary film maker from Pakistan, based in boston, MA. She Her focus areas are gender, media, peace, and South Asia. She has held several editorial positions since the early 90's. read full bio here. view…

Beena Sarwar is a veteran journalist and documentary film maker from Pakistan, based in boston, MA. She Her focus areas are gender, media, peace, and South Asia. She has held several editorial positions since the early 90's.
read full bio here.
view her work here.
mentorship beat: Pakistan, human rights