Previously Margaret was Vice President of National Programs at WGBH in Boston, which produces Frontline, NOVA, American Experience, Masterpiece, and Antiques Roadshow. Prior to that she was an award winning Executive Producer and Producer at PBS and at CBS in New York and worked at the Ford Foundation on First Amendment issues.

Maggie has a background in broadcast journalism, having worked in both public radio and television. She has a BA in neuroscience and an MA in science communication.

Bryan spent the past decade writing and editing on business, finance and economics topics, most recently as the editor of a magazine in Beirut. Prior to that, he wrote about corporate finance and health from Paris and covered the debt markets for Bloomberg News in both London and New York.

Nick is a recent graduate of the Creative Writing Program at Columbia's School of the Arts. He's worked as a freelance writer and researcher as well as in politics.

Tom began his tenure as Dean of the College of Communication in 2008, following a distinguished career in journalism. He worked a the Miami Herald for more than 30 years, as an investigative reporter, a political columnist, the editorial page editor, and finally, the executive editor, from 2001 to 2007.

Patterson is Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Before coming to Harvard in 1996, he taught for more than two decades at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship. He is the author of several books including Informing the News, the need for knowledge-based journalism (2013).

Andrew co-founded The Conversation. He previously edited The Age, The Observer (London), The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. He was Editor-in-Chief of The Big Issue (London), and he founded and edited the Sunday Herald in Scotland. He is the Asia-Pacific Director for Innovation Media.

Helen has covered news, business and finance for The Age newspaper and was the small business online editor for The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.

Before joining The Conversation as News Editor, Sunanda Creagh worked for two years as a political and general news correspondent in the Reuters Jakarta bureau. Prior to that, she worked for five years as a reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald, where she covered general news, urban affairs, arts, features and sport. She also produced and presented a show for Sydney community radio station, 2SER fm.

Before joining The Conversation as Arts Editor, Catriona Menzies-Pike was Managing Editor of the daily news website New Matilda. She holds a doctorate in English literature from the University of Sydney and has taught undergraduates at several Sydney universities.

Based in Perth, Michael joined The Conversation after several years as a journalist with Fairfax, Sky News and The West Australian. Before moving to Australia from his native UK, he was a senior news and features writer for Nature.

Fron joined The Conversation from the Australian Medical Association, where she managed the Victorian media office. She previously worked for BBC Magazines in London and Melbourne consultancy Twenty20 Communications.

John has worked in the news media since he decided that a life tracking elephants (in the process of gaining an honours degree in ecology) was less interesting than being a journalist in apartheid-era South Africa. His residence was revoked and he returned to Australia. He joined The Conversation after nearly two decades with The Age as an editor, writer and columnist.

Alexandra has worked in various media and journalism roles in Melbourne, London, and Jakarta. Prior to joining The Conversation she worked at Foreign Policy Think Tank, the Australia India Institute at The University of Melbourne.

After working in neuroscience research, Belinda wrote for The Australian in 2011 and most recently spent a year writing for and editing Wild magazine. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science (Honours) from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma in Journalism from RMIT.

Before joining The Conversation, Prodita worked for 7 years as a reporter for the Jakarta-based English daily The Jakarta Post. In 2013-2014, she was the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for International Studies. As Neuffer fellow, Prodita also wrote for The Boston Globe and The New York Times.

Emil has a background in documentary post-production and has credits on documentaries for the ABC, SBS, and BBC, amongst others. He recently completed a Graduate Diploma of Journalism at La Trobe University, where he co-edited its online magazine, and after a brief stint at Business Spectator, he joins The Conversation as the Multimedia Editor.

Stephen Khan is The Conversation’s Editor in the UK. He was a news editor at The Guardian and previously Deputy Foreign Editor of The Independent, Scotland Editor of The Observer and also worked for The Sunday Herald in Scotland.

Jonathan Este spent 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor on The Independent as well as The Australian. He joins The Conversation from the Media Alliance in Australia where he specialised in media law and policy and the digital revolution in journalism.

Annabel joins The Conversation from a background in broadcast journalism. She was previously a radio news show producer at digital station Monocle 24 covering a wide array of international issues.

Will de Freitas helped to establish The Conversation in the UK. Previously, he worked on data projects for the Guardian's Global Development website, and for three years worked in ministerial offices at Whitehall.

Josephine joined The Conversation as Arts + Culture Editor after an internship through the summer of 2013. She has an MA in English Literature from the University of Glasgow, and is a trustee of the Queille Trust, which organises a biennial arts festival and aims to support the careers of emerging performers.

A journalist and photographer, Michael has covered everything from crime to culture for British newspapers and magazines, and was formerly associate editor at The Big Issue in London before leaving to write North American travel guides. He founded an IT company specialising in Linux and open source software before entering journalism.

Before joining The Conversation, Gemma worked for over five years as assistant editor at the Paris-based The Africa Report magazine where she focused on business, technology and education. She previously wrote about fundraising and UK charity policy at Civil Society Media.

James’s background includes program management, business consulting, engineering and technical writing for large and small business in a variety of industries. He holds Project Management Professional (PMP) and Six Sigma Green Belt certifications.

Joseph holds a BA from Stanford University and a JD from Columbia Law School.  He is a journalist with 40 years experience as an editor, reporter and writer. Trained as a lawyer, he is a former senior editor at Inc. magazine; investigative reporter for Frontline, the PBS documentary series; and a reporter and editorial writer for The Boston Globe. His awards include a Peabody and an Emmy.

Andrew co-founded The Conversation and is Editor and Executive Director of The Conversation Media Group based in Australia. He previously edited The Age, The Observer (London), The Scotsman and Scotland on Sunday. He was Editor-in-Chief of The Big Issue (London), and he founded and edited the Sunday Herald in Scotland. He is the Asia-Pacific Director for Innovation Media.

Matt is Senior Vice President of Global Market Development at QVC, Inc. Previously, he has served in numerous leadership positions in media and technology companies such as Bertelsmann and Dow Jones, and as CEO of Lonely Planet Publications. Matt also serves as a board member for a number of non-profits, including The Burning Man Project in San Francisco CA and The University of Melbourne USA Foundation. Matt earned his Bachelor’s degree in English from Cornell University, a Master’s degree in International Relations from The University of Melbourne, and an M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.