Jacqueline Marino is Professor in Kent State University's School of Media and Journalism, USA. She is also a writer and a national Edward R. Murrow Award-winning audio journalist. Her articles and essays have appeared in many publications, including Cleveland Magazine and The Washington Post. She authored White Coats: Three Journeys Through an American Medical School (2012) and co-edited From Car Bombs to Cookie Tables: The Youngstown Anthology (2020), now in its second edition.

David O. Dowling is Professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Iowa, USA. He is the author of ten books and numerous articles on cultural production and creative industries from print to digital media. Among his most recent books are Podcast Journalism: The Promise and Perils of Audio Reporting (forthcoming), A Delicate Aggression: Savagery and Survival in the Iowa Writers' Workshop (2019), and Immersive Longform Storytelling: Media, Technology, Audience (2019).