Charles Richardson Author & Illustrator

Greg Glassner has more than forty years of experience in the newspaper business, the majority of it as editor of community weeklies in Virginia, including the Herald-Progress in Ashland. He is the author of five books, including biographies of Attorney General William Wirt and Governor William “Extra Billy” Smith of Virginia.

Charles Richardson is a McClatchy Journalism Fellow at Duke University and a fellow at the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland. He has worked in newspapers, radio, and television and was the editorial page editor at the Macon Telegraph for twenty-four years.

Sandra Sanchez has been a journalist for the past thirty years, including many years covering the Southwest border and immigration for USA Today. She also worked at the Washington Post; was the opinion editor for The Monitor in McAllen, Texas; and is currently a correspondent for Nexstar Media Group’s BorderReport.com.

Jason Togyer is the founder of Tube City Online, a nonprofit news website and internet radio station. He previously worked as a reporter for the Washington, Pennsylvania, Observer-Reporter, McKeesport Daily News, and Greensburg and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.