Katharine Mieszkowski

female
fast company, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Financial Times, Slate, Ms. magazine, Yale
Katharine Mieszkowski is a senior writer for Salon.com. In 2004, she reported from India for Salon about the outsourcing of technology jobs. Her...
David Boaz

David Boaz

male
Vanderbilt University, Los Angeles Times, Fox News Channel, think tank, slate magazine, American Broadcasting Company…Slate
Cato's executive vice president David Boaz has played a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the libertarian movement. He is a...
Keith Gessen

Keith Gessen

male
Syracuse University, New York Review of Books, The Atlantic, Dalkey Archive Press, Chernobyl, n+1…Slate
Keith Gessen is editor-in-chief of "n+1", a twice-yearly magazine of literature, politics, and culture based in New York City. Gessen earned his...
Alex Beam

Alex Beam

male, 55 years old
The Boston Globe, Investigative journalist, globe, from Washington, D.C., writer, novelist…slate magazine, Slate
Alex Beam (born 1954) is an American writer and journalist, currently a columnist for "The Boston Globe". Beam grew up in Washington, D.C., as his...
Marjorie Williams

Marjorie Williams

female, deceased (2005)
The Woman at the Washington Zoo, PEN American Center, National Magazine Award, pen, Viking Press, slate magazine…Slate
Marjorie Williams was born in Princeton, New Jersey to a scientist-turned-homemaker mother and a father who was an editor at Viking Press. After...
Brooke Gladstone

Brooke Gladstone

female
Radio personality, American, American radio personality, expert, broadcast, American public radio personality…Slate
Brooke Gladstone is the editor and co-host of National Public Radio's weekend show, "On the Media". A co-winner of two Peabody awards for broadcast...
Chris Potter

Chris Potter

male, 38 years old
Steely Dan member, alto, vertigo, American, ray brown, New School University…Slate
Chris Potter (born January 1, 1971) is an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Potter spent...
Joshua Ferris

Joshua Ferris

male
University of Iowa, Americana, Slate, uc irvine, internet, MFA
Joshua Ferris (born 1974) is an American author best known for his debut 2007 novel, "Then We Came to the End". The book is a satire of the...

Sharon Weinberger

female
Slate, washington post magazine, slate magazine, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Imaginary Weapons, isomer bomb
Sharon Weinberger is the editor-in-chief of Defense Technology International, a bimonthly editorial supplement to Aviation Week & Space Technology....
Byron Calame

Byron Calame

male
Newspaper editor, University of Missouri–Columbia, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, American, Zeta Phi, National Security Agency…Slate
Byron Calame was the second public editor of the "New York Times". He succeeded Daniel Okrent in this ombudsman-like position in 2005, and was...