Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin is associate professor of journalism at Columbia College Chicago, where she is coordinator of the program's magazine concentration. She is the former head of the Magazine Media Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Bloyd-Peshkin spent 13 years as a consumer magazine editor, including as senior editor of Vegetarian Times magazine and editor of Chicago Parent magazine.
Charles Whitaker is dean and professor at Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. He previously served as the Helen Gurley Brown Professor and associate dean of journalism for the school. He currently serves on the board of directors for both the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Center for Public Integrity.