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Kali
Director
We Bloom in Spring

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Azeezat Adeleke
Azeezat Adeleke
Associate
Davis Wright Tremaine

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Rawia Alhag
Director

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Ximena Amescua Cuenca
Senior Manager of Grantmaking
Firelight Media

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Corey Devon Arthur
Artist and Writer

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Joy Ash
Director, Producer

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Patricia Aufderheide
Patricia Aufderheide
Professor
American University

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Wonjung Bae
Wonjung Bae
Filmmaker and Lecturer
Johns Hopkins University, Graduate Program in Film and Media Studies

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James Beal
Deputy Investigations Editor
The Times

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Anurima Bhargava
Founder and CEO
Anthem of Us

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Natalie Bullock Brown
Director
Documentary Accountability Working Group

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Mads Brügger
Investigative Journalist and Filmmaker

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James Burnett
Managing Director
The Trace

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Costas Christ
Founder
Costas Christ & Associates

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Radu Ciorniciuc
Director
Tata

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Kevin Clancy
Creative Director and Co-Founder
Evident Media

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Billy Corben
Director
rakontur

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Phil Cox
Co-Director
Native Voice Films

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Josh Davidsburg
Documentary Filmmaker, Journalist and Teacher
University of Maryland

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Gaia De Simoni
Filmmaker

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Sahar Driver
Co-Executive Director
Color Congress

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Ben Duchek
Benjamin Duchek
Podcast Host
First Time Go

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Laura Dyan Kezman
Director, Editor, Producer
LionArt Media

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David E. Guggenheim
Lecturer, Program Coordinator, and Academic Advisor
Johns Hopkins University

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Mishi Ebrahim
Senior Director of Programming and Development
PBS

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Anthony Edwards
Actor, Producer, Director

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Adam Ellick
Director and Executive Producer
Op-Docs and Opinion Video, The New York Times

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Peter Engel
Founder
Wingman Media

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Stephanie Etienne
Director

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Margaux Ewen
Director - Whistleblower Protection Program
The Signals Network

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Eric Feder
Staff Attorney
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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Eric Ferrero
Executive Director
Fund for Investigative Journalism

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Leslie Fields-Cruz
Executive Director
Black Public Media

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Elizabeth Foy Larsen
Freelance writer and editor

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Maxyne Franklin
Founding Director
Doc Society

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Atul Gawande
Executive Producer, Award-winning Author, and Staff Writer
The New Yorker

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Robin Givhan
Robin Givhan
Author and Journalist

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Jake Godin
Researcher
Bellingcat

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Ronnie Greene
Editor
ProPublica

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Abby Greensfelder
Founder & CEO
Everywoman Studios

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Renee Griffin
Staff Attorney
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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Ash Guevara
IT Manager
The Pulitzer Center

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Kanika Harris
Director

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Lynn Hearst
Lynn Hearst
Advocate and Film Protagonist

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Tara Hein-Phillips
CEO
Jolt

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Seymour Hersh
Journalist

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Ted Hope
Producer
Double Hope Films

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Vanessa Hope
Filmmaker
Double Hope Films

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Melissa Houghton
Executive Director
Women in Film & Video

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William Howell
Filmmaker

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Bridget Hunnicutt
Founder and Creative Director
Hunni Media

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Byron Hurt
Filmmaker

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Mary Inman
Partner
Whistleblower Partners, LLP

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Eugene Jarecki
Director
Charlotte Street Films

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Thomas Jennings
Co-founder
2OVER10 Media

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Abraham Joffe
Director, Producer, Cinematographer
Untitled Film Works

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Conall Jones
Executive Producer
All the Empty Rooms

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Crystal Kayiza
Director
Bloodlines, Mississippi

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Chelsea Kelly
Chelsea Kelly
Counsel
Davis Wright Tremaine

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Simon Kilmurry
Film Producer

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Sig Libowitz
Program Director, Lecturer
Johns Hopkins University

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Esther Lim
Director
Jeffery, Come Home

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Ben Loeterman
President
Ben Loeterman Productions, Inc

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Malkia K. Lydia
Filmmaker
Kuyamba Media

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Ivy Meeropol
Filmmaker

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Hanna Miller
Filmmaker
Terrible Creek Productions

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Timeea Mohamed Ahmed
Director, Editor, Producer

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Jennifer Nelson
Senior Staff Attorney
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

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Kelsey Nicole Nelson
Host and Reporter
Fox Sports Radio

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Mark Obenhaus
Producer, Director, Writer

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Jacqueline Olive
Independent Filmmaker

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Lauren Pabst
Senior Program Officer
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

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Juan Passarelli
Journalist and Filmmaker
The Six Billion Dollar Man

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Enrique Pedráza-Botero
Visual Artist and Filmmaker
No se ve desde acá

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Amanda Pike
Director of TV & Documentaries
The Center for Investigative Reporting

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Charles Poe
Charles Poe
CEO and Co-Founder
The Parks Channel

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Laura Poitras
Director, Producer, Editor

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Nick Price
Series Producer
Reel South

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Nick Quested
Nick Quested
Executive Director and Owner
Goldcrest Films

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Jesselyn Radack
National Security & Human Rights Director
WHISPeR | ExposeFacts

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Sandro Ramani
Filmmaker

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Micah Ratner
Senior Assistant General Counsel and Data Protection Officer
NPR

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Mauricio Rodríguez Pons
Filmmaker and Visual Journalist
ProPublica

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Anas Saeed
Video Journalist and Filmmaker
Ayin Network

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Steve Sapienza
Senior Editor for U.S. News Partnerships
The Pulitzer Center

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Alison Schary
Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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Diana Jean Schemo
Founder and Director
Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival

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Joshua Seftel
Director
Smartypants Pictures

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Ian Shapira
Ian Shapira
Investigative Reporter
The Washington Post

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Norah Shapiro
Director, Producer
Flying Pieces Productions

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Jennifer Smart
Editor and Animator
Evident Media

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Ibrahim Snoopy
Filmmaker, Storyteller, Cinematographer

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Graham Sack
Graham Sack
Professor
Johns Hopkins University

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Kate Stonehill
Documentary Filmmaker

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Seth Stoughton
Seth Stoughton
Professor and Faculty Director
University of South Carolina

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Jankhna Sura
Director
Jeffery, Come Home

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Zach Toombs
Executive Director and Founder
Evident Media

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Almudena Toral
Executive Producer, Video
ProPublica

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Deanna Troust
Founder
Truth in Common

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Sam Van Pykeren
Digital Producer
Center for Investigative Reporting

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Lina Vdovîi
Director
Member, DACIN-SARA (Society for the Administration of Authors’ Rights in Audiovisual Works, Romania)

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Ray Whitehouse
Documentary Director

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Candace Williamson
Director
Boil That Cabbage Down

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Natalie Wilson
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer
Black and Missing Foundation, Inc.

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Derrica Wilson
Co-founder and CEO
Black and Missing Foundation, Inc.

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Annie Wong
Co-founder
2OVER10 Media

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Kate Woodsome
Journalist & Founder
Invisible Threads

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Candace Y.A. Montague
Journalist
Washington D.C.

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