Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy (Asst Professor in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies)
McGill University
For interviews on NSA.
While the Senate continues to negotiate legislation on the NSA’s phone data collection, we SPOTLIGHT Professor Gabriella Coleman, the Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy at McGill University. She teaches, writes, and researches on the ethics of computer hacking with a focus on open source software and the protest ensemble Anonymous. She regularly comments on digital activism, surveillance, free speech, and censorship in Fast Company, Wired, and The Chronicle for Higher Education. Additionally, she has been interviewed for the New York Times, CNN, the Guardian, BBC, NPR, CNN, and PBS.
Following the announcement of Charter Communications’ agreement to buy Time Warner Cable, we FEATURE Shirley Bloomfield. Shirley is the Chief Executive Officer for the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA) – The Rural Broadband Association. As the CEO of NTCA, she has led efforts to raise the visibility of the value and innovations of independent, rural telecom companies. Her media experience includes C-SPAN, PC Magazine, Huffington Post, Fierce Telecom News, and Communications Daily.
As the trial for the Washington Post reporter, Jason Rezaian, begins in Iran on allegations of espionage, we FEATURE Elisa Tinsley. She is the Director of the Knight International Journalism Fellowships and has more than three decades of professional journalism and media-management experience. Previously, she was the USA Today's wold editor. Her media experience includes WUSA 9, Hindustan Times (India), American Journalism Review, Time, Newsweek, ABC Radio, USA Today and Advertising Age.
After molestation allegations surfaced against Josh Duggar last week, we FEATURE T.F. Charlton. She is the editor of Are Women Human?, a blog about issues of gender and sexuality in Christian communities and social justices issues in the church. Her writing has been featured in The Guardian, Salon, Religion Dispatches, R.H. Reality Check, Ebony.com, and other outlets.
Senior Scientist and Deputy Director, Science Center Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
For interviews on Texas and Oklahoma.
After violent storms left at least five dead and twelve missing in Texas and Oklahoma, we FEATURE Kim Knowlton. She is a senior scientist with the Health and Environment Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, researching and publishing on links between global warming and health. Her media experience includes NBC Nightly News, NPR, Bloomberg News, and Reuters.
To discuss the discovery of migrant camps and uncovering of mass graves in Malaysia, we FEATURE Nisha Varia, a senior researched in Human Rights Watch’s women’s rights division. She has conducted extensive research, published several reports, and carried out advocacy campaigns on migrant workers’ rights across Asia and the Middle East, including Malaysia. Her media experience includes BBC World News, Al Jazeera, CNN, New York Times, and The Economist.
Areas of Expertise: Activism and advocacy, Arts and Culture, Entrepreneurship, Health, Public health, Reproductive health, Women, Women's issues, Women's leadership
Areas of Expertise: Human rights, Immigration, Intersectionality, Labor and Employment, Politics, Race and ethnicity, Women and Politics, Work-life balance