Independent Journalist and Senior Fellow

After the Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a New York Times reporter to keep his source confidential in the face of subpoena in a national security investigation, we FEATURE Geneva Overholser, a former member of the editorial board of The New York Times and board member of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. She is former director of USC Annenberg's School of Journalism, and editor of The Des Moines Register where she earned recognition as Editor of the Year by the National Press Foundation and was named “The Best in the Business” by American Journalism Review. She was for nine years a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, the final year as chair, and is a former officer of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Director

With women continuing their response to Elliot Rodger's shooting rampage through the YesAllWomen campaign, we FEATURE Soraya Chemaly, feminist writer, media critic and activist whose work focuses on women’s rights and the role of gender in politics, religion and popular culture. Ms. Chemaly was one of the primary organizers of a successful social media campaign demanding that Facebook recognize misogynistic content as hate speech. She is a frequent radio and online commentator with Al-Jazeera, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC, Voice of Russia and has appeared on NPR’s Talk of the Nation.

Professor of Practice

President Obama leaves for Europe with the situation in Ukraine still volatile; we FEATURE Nora Bensahel, Senior Fellow at The Center for a New American Security. She is co-author of Hard Choices: Responsible Defense in an Age of Austerity and published a report on Europe’s Role in Nation-Building. Her other research interests include stability operations, counterinsurgency, civilian capacity for operations abroad, and coalition and alliance operations. Dr. Bensahel has made expert appearances on a wide range of domestic and international television and radio programs, including ARD, BBC, CBS, C-SPAN, Fox News, NBC, NPR, PBS, and Voice of America.

Product Manager - Augmented Reality

As Apple's developer conference begins, we FEATURE Cecilia Abadie, digital evangelist and wearable consultant. When she's not busy pushing the boundaries through technology, getting the first ticket in the US for driving with Google Glass, and beating it in court, Cecilia is a passionate evangelist about everything digital, a Google Glass Explorer, and a Pioneer who spreads the word about wearable devices and the many ways they can change our world. Cecilia has appeared on CNN, The Daily Show, CNET, Huffington Post, and quoted in the New York Times and Washington Post, among others.