Paul Mihailidis is Associate Professor of Civic Media and Journalism in the School of Communication at Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, where he teaches media literacy, civic media, and community activism. He is the founding program director of the Master's in media design, senior fellow of the Emerson Engagement Lab, and faculty chair and director of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. He sits on the advisory board for iCivics.

Sangita Shresthova is the Director of Research of Civic Paths at the University of Southern California and holds a PhD in Culture and Performance from UCLA, United States. Her work has been presented in academic and creative venues around the world including the Schaubuehne (Berlin), the Other Festival (Chennai), and the EBS International Documentary Festival (Seoul). She is the co-author of Practicing Futures: A Civic Imagination Action Handbook (2020) and co-editor of Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination (2020).

Megan Fromm is a high school journalism teacher in Grand Junction, Colorado, where she advises the award-winning Orange & Black student newsmagazine and website. She is a curriculum coordinator for the Journalism Education Association and the curriculum lead for the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. She is also the co-author of Student Journalism and Media Literacy (2014).