Taro Karibe

Based in Tokyo, Taro Karibe is a Japanese freelance photographer. He has contributed to publications including WIRED, Washington Post, Der Spiegel, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Japan, and Newsweek Japan. He has also worked on creating personal artworks and shown them internationally. Major awards include PDN Photo Annual (USA). His first paycheck: “It was 2012

Fiske Nyirongo

Based in Lusaka, Zambia, Fiske Nyirongo is a freelance writer and journalist. She has written for publications including Healthline, Black Ballad and GAVI. She is a staff writer at Meeting of Minds, a British publication tailored towards the stories of Black Women and girls. She is also a published children’s author and short story writer. 

Annam Lodhi

Annam Lodhi is a freelance journalist based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Working since 2013, Annam won the AGAHI Award for data journalism in 2020. Her work focuses on human rights, tech and culture, usually through a gendered lens. She has been published in The African Report, Ozy, Diplomat, Eureka Street, Dawn, among other publications. She can

Yukai Peng

Yukai Peng is a visual journalist based in Beijing, China. He is currently a news editor for a state-owned media. Prior to that, Yukai was the photo intern for Deseret News, a daily newspaper in Salt Lake City. Born and raised in Beijing, Yukai has studied and worked in the United States for almost eight

Irene Caselli

Irene Caselli is the founder of The First 1,000 Days, a fully reader-supported newsletter that covers early childhood. A native of Naples, Italy, she has lived in a dozen countries around Europe and the Americas. After working for a decade as a foreign correspondent in Latin America, in 2019 she became the First 1,000 Days

Arlis Alikaj

Arlis Alikaj is an accomplished investigative journalist with critically acclaimed reporting on environmental and social issues in the Balkan region. Over the past couple of years, Arlis has worked as a local fixer for foreign journalists operating in Albania on behalf of the Wall Street Journal, Omroep Gelderland, and other international media institutions as they

Melina Mörsdorf

Melina Mörsdorf was born in Lübeck in 1980. She studied visual communication at the HfbK Hamburg, today she works as a freelance photographer. Since April 2020, she has been leading the Hamburg chapter of the female photoclub and is committed to improving the visibility of women in photography. She is a founding and board member

Amit Roy Choudhury

Based in Singapore, Amit Roy Choudhury is a freelance journalist specialising in technology, finance, healthcare and the environment. He also runs a Singapore-based consultancy, Writerspace, which works with companies to create original thought-provoking content. Amit also does public speaking engagements on all things related to technology and moderates panel discussions. Previously, Amit was the Technology

Elena Bobrova

Elena Bobrova is a journalist and tour guide from St. Petersburg, Russia. After earning a history degree from St. Petersburg State University, she pursued a journalism career at Russia In Your Pocket magazines, followed by Russia Beyond the Headlines. From 2011 to 2015, she was the editor for Russia Beyond’s print supplement for The New

Tim Becker

Based in the U.S., Tim Becker is a freelance journalist. Inspired by his drive for learning and his passion for making positive change, Tim has pursued journalism from a young age. He has written for local publications like the Go Riverwalk Magazine, Coffee or Die Magazine, and has produced podcasts for Florida Atlantic University. In