Khaled Hamza is the web editor and blogger from the Middle East. Khaled is the editor of Ikhwanweb, the Muslim Brotherhood official English website. He is also a civil engineer and has his own consulting company.

Kelly McEvers is an independent journalist based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Her work appears on National Public Radio, Marketplace, and the CBC.

Margie Freaney has spent 35 years as a newspaper reporter and editor, including positions as editor of the Baltimore Business Journal and executive editor of the Atlanta Business Chronicle. She now works as an international journalism trainer, with the International Center for Journalists and other organizations. She was founding academic director and is currently adjunct faculty for the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Yusuf Kaplan is a columnist of the Turkish daily Yeni Şafak and senior lecturer in media, cultural studies and history of ideas and civilizations.