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Anita Li is a globally respected media strategist, commentator and consultant. She is also a journalism professor in the GTA and at the City University of New York. Anita has a decade of full-time experience as a multi-platform journalist in three markets: Toronto, New York City, and Ottawa. She started her career as a reporter and editor at Canadian legacy publications, including The Globe and Mail and CBC. After that, she worked in management-level roles at American digital media outlets, such as Complex and Mashable. Most recently, Anita was director of communities at The Discourse, a disruptive new player in the Canadian media scene that fills in gaps in news coverage for underserved communities. Anita is an expert in community-driven journalism, audience engagement, audience-pay business models, newsroom diversity, media ethics and journalism innovation. She is a member of the 2020–21 Online News Association board of directors, and co-founded Canadian Journalists of Colour, a rapidly growing network of racialized media-makers in Canada, in 2018.

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Carol Linnitt is a journalist, editor, illustrator and co-founder of The Narwhal. Carol has been reporting on energy and environmental politics for the last decade for outlets including VICE Canada, The National Observer, Academic Matters, and The Tyee. Carol began her career writing and conducting interviews for The Canada Expedition, a non-governmental sustainability initiative, while working in dispute resolution with communities affected by resource scarcity. Carol has a Master's in English Literature from York University where she studied political theory, natural resource conflicts, and Aboriginal rights. She also has a Master's in Philosophy in phenomenology and environmental ethics, and is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Victoria in the English and Cultural, Social and Political Thought programs. When she’s not on her computer, you can usually find Carol in some ocean, somewhere, free-diving or surfing.

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Karyn Pugliese, also known as Pabàmàdiz, is best known for her work as a Parliament Hill reporter and as the Executive Director of News and Current Affairs at APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network), where she ran the news department for seven years. She joined Ryerson's faculty in the Spring of 2020 while completing a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University. Karyn has worked in daily news and long-form investigations at a variety of outlets including ichannel, VisionTV, CBC, and CTV. Karyn is a past president of the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), and currently a co-chair of the advocacy committee. She is a board member of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, and a Journalists for Human Rights Ambassador. Her journalism has been recognized by the CAJ, Canadian Screen Awards, Native American Journalists Association, and Public Policy Forum. Karyn is a citizen of the Pikwàkanagàn First Nation in Ontario, and is of mixed Algonquin and Italian descent. When she is not engaged in acts of journalism, you'll find her paddling a canoe, shooting photos, and eating frybread.

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Lewis Raven Wallace is an award-winning independent journalist based in Durham, North Carolina. He’s a co-founder and co-director of Press On southern movement journalism collective, the author of The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, and the host of The View from Somewhere podcast. He previously worked in public radio, and is a long-time activist engaged in prison abolition, racial justice, and queer and trans liberation. He is a frequent public speaker and trainer on topics including legacies of resistance in journalism and transforming journalism for the 21st century. He is white and transgender, and was born and raised in the Midwest with deep roots in the South.

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