Matt Carroll is a journalism professor of the practice at Northeastern University. Previously he ran the Knight Foundation-funded Future of News initiative at the MIT Media Lab, where he ran conferences on thorny issues confronting...

Mitali Sarin has worked across industries such as consulting, design and education. She majored in art, design and communication, and also holds an MBA. She has also worked as a Principal Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers and...

Mélanne Ghahraman is a fifth-year English major with minors in Sports, Media, Communication; Writing; and Theatre. After her studies, she plans to go into Sports Management/Communication working for a sports team. She recently...

Oishika Hota is a MS Media Innovation and Data Communication student at Northeastern University. She was born in Goa, India, and was raised across the country on account of being a military child. With a deep passion for writing...

Jieyi (Jenny) Zhou is a graduate student from Khoury College's Computer Science program at Northeastern University. After receiving BA and MS degrees in Journalism, she is now exploring the new possibilities for storytelling ...

Ziyu Peng is a first-year graduate student from Northeastern University’s Media Innovation and Data Communication program. He comes from the south of China with a cultural study background. He has a strong passion for video...

Xinyi Song is a first-year graduate student from Northeastern University’s Media Innovation and Data Communication program. She is from Beijing, China. Her undergraduate study was in Material Science and Engineering. She has ...

Jiayi Hao is a graduate student of the Journalism school majoring in Media Innovation & Data Communication at Northeastern University. She also specializes in data visualization, media marketing and photojournalism. She is...

Shuang Jing is a graduate student of the Journalism school majoring in Media Innovation & Data Communication at Northeastern University. She was born and raised in China. She dedicates her journalism to gender issues, civic...

Darin Zullo is a first-year undergraduate student majoring in Journalism and English at Northeastern University, originally from Massachusetts. He has a longtime interest in both fields and is working on getting published in other s...

Gya Gupta is a second-year journalism and media screen studies major at Northeastern University. In addition to her contributions to the Global Observer, she is a columnist for the Northeastern University Political Review and...

Maya Maroni is a third-year Ecology and Evolutionary Biology student at Northeastern University who spent their childhood moving around internationally. Drawing on her personal experience, she is passionate about ecological, so...

Emily Niedermeyer is a second-year journalism major with minors in political science and media production at Northeastern University. Her work has appeared in The Scope, WOOF Magazine and Her Campus. Emily can be reached at ni...

Morgan (Mo for short) is a designer living in Portland, Maine with her partner William and two cats. She graduated with a BS in Graphic Design from Drexel University in 2016, and will be completing her MS in Information Design...