Jane Mayer is an investigative journalist and author who wrote this year’s Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. Mayer covers politics, culture, and national security for the New Yorker, and during her twelve years at the Wall Street Journal served as a war, foreign, and White House correspondent. Mayer is the recipient of numerous distinctions for excellence in writing and journalism, including the George Polk Award, the John Chancellor Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, the Goldsmith Book Prize, the Ridenhour Prize, the J. Anthony Lukas Prize, and the Sidney Hillman Award.

Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an award-winning journalist with more than 50 years in the industry, working in every journalistic medium, including two decades with the Public Broadcasting System. Her numerous honors include two Emmy awards, two Peabody awards, an International Freedom Award from the National Civil Rights Museum, and a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Washington Press Club Foundation. Hunter-Gault is currently completing a yearlong series for The PBS NewsHour entitled, “Race Matters,” which is focused on race, diversity and intolerance, and presents conversations on finding solutions to racism in America.