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Meet The People Behind The Film

Cast

Jenn White - Narrator

Host, The 1A

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Venise Wagner

Professor of Journalism

San Francisco State University

Victor Pickard

Professor of Media Policy

University of Pennsylvania

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Rod Hicks

Dir. of Ethics & Diversity

Society of Professional Journalists

Alex Mahadevan

Director, MediaWise

The Poynter Institute

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Bella Otte

Teen Fact-Checker

Charles Salter

President, CEO

News Literacy Project

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Sally Lehrman

Journalist, Author, Founder

The Trust Project

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Elizabeth Hansen Shapiro

Co-founder

National Trust for Local News

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Jim Friedlich

Executive Director, CEO

The Lenfest Institute

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Gabriel Escobar

Editor, Sr. Vice President

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Vanessa Otero

Founder, CEO

Ad Fontes Media

Joy Mayer

Founding Director

Stewart Bainum, Jr.

Philanthropist, Chairman

The Baltimore Banner

Venetoulis Institute

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Kimi Yoshino

Editor-in-Chief

The Baltimore Banner

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Larry Ryckman

Editor

The Colorado Sun

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Tatiana Flowers

Reporter

The Colorado Sun

Kevin Dale

Executive Editor

Colorado Public Radio News

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Michael de Yoanna

Editor-in-Chief

Colorado Community Media

Thelma Grimes

South Metro Editor

Colorado Community Media

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Nina Joss

Reporter

Colorado Community Media

Crew

Don Colacino

Writer, Producer, Director

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Kimman Harmon

Director of Photography

Creative Team

Cinematographers

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Clay Hereth

Philadelphia

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Maureen Lee Maloney

Denver

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Olumide Olatawura

Denver

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Chris Rish

St. Petersburg

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Pamela H. Vines

Baltimore & Wash. D.C.

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