Alexandre Le Voci Sayad is a journalist, educator, and author. He holds a master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence and Ethics from PUC-SP (Brazil) and a specialization in digital business from the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently pursuing a PhD in lifelong learning policies and AI at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain.

Joe Rubin is entering his third decade working in television production in Los Angeles.

Anja Damon is the co-Editor-in-Chief for the Youth Media Reporter. She is a current undergraduate student at McGill University in the Faculty of Arts studying International Development and Political Science. Her interests for media education started in high school when, as the co-Editor-in-Chief of her school newspaper, she attended the U.S. 2024 Media Literacy Week oregnized by NAMLE. She carried such interests into her school newspaper and adapted the paper to a digital format. In the future, she hopes to pursue work in media education on an international scale.

Andrew D'Aiello is a senior undergraduate at the University of Rhode Island (URI), pursuing a triple-major in Communication Studies, Public Relations, and Writing and Rhetoric. As a candidate for URI's Accelerated Bachelor's to Master's program in Communication Studies, he focuses his academic interests on media and cultural communication, actively engaging in independent research that explores the intersection of the fields.