Tim Bannon, of Oak Park, IL, was a top editor and writer at the Chicago Tribune over a 25-year period. At various times he oversaw sports, culture and entertainment coverage before taking a buyout in January 2020. He鈥檚 a former Sun-Times editor, and reported at the Arlington Heights (IL) Daily Herald and Anderson (IN) Daily Bulletin. He was lead editor for the Tribune鈥檚 series on a deadly tornado that struck Utica, Ill. The series of stories by Julia Keller won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. His journalism/English literature degree is from Indiana University.
Rick Barrett, a reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for nearly 20 years, writes extensively about the dairy industry, manufacturing and international trade. He was the lead reporter on the Journal Sentinel鈥檚 鈥� series. He鈥檚 reported for the Wisconsin State Journal and papers in Florida, Texas and Michigan, his home state, and served as a news photographer at the Arkansas Democrat. He鈥檚 a graduate of Central Michigan University.
Ashley Nguyen helped launch , a publication of The Washington Post that elevates women鈥檚 voices. Currently she is finishing up a Master鈥檚 in Public Health with a concentration in maternal and child health at the University of Washington in Seattle. She has a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University and previously worked as a local producer at Philly.com and a program officer at the International Center for Journalists. She is a former Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan.
