Journalists (U - Media)

<p>Celebrated TV personality, radio host, and longtime newspaper columnist Michael Smerconish provides a refreshingly independent and balanced perspective to the world of political commentary and current affairs. </p><p>Michael Smerconish is on a mission to restore civility and compromise to our public discourse. For three decades he’s had a front-row seat to the increase in polarization that has gripped the nation.

<p>Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart speaks on topics like poverty, economic inequality, and the myth of the “American Dream.” </p><p>Alissa Quart is the author of five acclaimed books of nonfiction, including <em>Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream </em>(Ecco, 2023). The others are <em>Squeezed</em>,<em> Republic of Outsiders</em>,<em> Hothouse Kids</em>, and <em>Branded</em>.

<p>An award-winning journalist constantly in demand for her comprehensive coverage of Trump and the future of democracy, Andrea Bernstein is the<strong style="font-size: 12pt;"> </strong><em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of<strong style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><em> </em></strong><em>American Oligarchs: The Kushners, the Trumps and the Marriage of Money and Power.</em></p><p>Bernstein most recently reported and co-hosted with Ilya Marritz the acclaimed podca

<p>An award-winning journalist who has covered the White House and national politics for America’s most prestigious news organizations, John Harwood gives audiences his deeply respected, nonpartisan take on the 2024 elections, politics and the economy.</p><p>For more than three decades, John Harwood has been one of the most instantly recognizable faces and one of the most trusted voices in journalism, reporting for the most iconic American news media, including the <em>Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>The New York Times</em>, CNBC, CNN, PBS and NPR.&lt

<p>Maria Ressa is an award-winning journalist and the co-founder, CEO of Rappler.com, an online news organization in the Philippines.</p><p>Maria’s courage and work on disinformation and ‘fake news’ culminated in being awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” Her numerous awards include being named <em>Time’s </em>2018 Person of the Year and listed among its 100 Most Influential People of 2019.</p><p>Maria advises organizations and

<p>Jessica Pressler is a contributing editor at <i>Vanity Fai</i>r.

<p>Lawrence Jones is Campus Reform&#39;s Editor-in-Chief and a Fox News contributor. Prior to joining Fox News, he hosted his own radio show on TheBlaze Radio Network and served as a Contributing Host for TheBlaze TV.</p><p>Jones is a frequent co-host for <i>Outnumbered</i> and guest host for <i>The Five,</i> as well a correspondent for Hannity. Lawrence also regularly shares commentary on Fox Business, CNN, BBC, Sky News, and MSNBC.</p><p>He consistently goes after the hard-hitting and untold stories.

<p>Maureen Dowd, winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary on Bill Clinton&#39;s impeachment woes, became a columnist on <i>The New York Times </i>Op-Ed page in 1995 after having served for a decade as a correspondent in the paper&#39;s Washington bureau.</p>

Beinart is Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the City University of New York. He is also a Contributing Opinion Writer at The New York Times, a CNN Political Peter Commentator, Editor-at-Large of Jewish Currents and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Foundation for Middle East Peace. He writes the Beinart Notebook newsletter on Substack.Com

<p>Drawing from his remarkable scope of geopolitical and global economic expertise, Vijay Vaitheeswaran provides insight on how businesses can strategize, innovate, and find opportunity in today’s disruptive landscape.</p><p>With a career that has taken him from Mexico City to London to Shanghai, Vijay Vaitheeswaran brings an impressive breadth and depth of expertise to topics ranging from globalization, politics and economics to international trade, supply chain and labor disruptions.