The people behind the reporting.

Stefano Vaccara is a journalist, author, university lecturer and founder of La Voce di New York. He has covered the United Nations for over two decades and serves as U.S. Correspondent for Italpress, an Italian international multimedia news agency, reporting on American politics, diplomacy and international affairs. Since 2010, he has taught journalism and media studies at Lehman College, City University of New York.

Dawn Clancy is a Dublin-based international reporter who focuses on conflict, United Nations diplomacy and human rights. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Previously, she has written for The Washington Post, IPS News, Swissinfo, PassBlue and Diplomacy Now and has reported from the Middle East and Europe. She has lived in London and New York with her husband and two cats.

Senada Sokollu is an international journalist, author, and podcast host covering international affairs, human rights, and migration. A former Turkey correspondent, she has reported for Deutsche Welle, ARD, Euronews, and the German Huffington Post. She is the host of Echo of the Unheard, an English-language podcast giving voice to people from war zones and crisis regions. She completed an investigative journalism program at Columbia University in New York. Her debut narrative non-fiction book — forthcoming with a major German publisher in 2027 — explores the intergenerational trauma of war and what it means to carry a conflict across generations.

Nimet Kırac is a reporter and documentarist based in Turkey, covering conflict and society across the region. Over the past decade, she has reported from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan and throughout Turkey, telling stories through a sociopolitical lens. Her work focuses on war, migration, the environment, women's and children's rights, cultural transitions, and social mobilizations that shape political discourse. She is a longtime contributor to The New York Times, and has reported for The Financial Times, Al Jazeera English, CNN International, New Lines Magazine, The Associated Press, Reuters, Agence France-Presse and others.

Laura Kirkpatrick is a journalist who covers international relations and foreign policy, including feminist foreign policy and politics. She has contributed to Envoy Magazine, the Council on Foreign Relations, Devex, PassBlue, The Observer, and Vereinte Nationen as well as other think tanks and media outlets. She holds a BA from Hamilton College, an MS from Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism and had a post-graduate fellowship at the Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics and what is now the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change at Columbia's Graduate School of Business.

Pamela S. Falk is a TV, radio and print correspondent based at the United Nations, where she reports for U.S. News & World Report and France24 English, and her articles appear on Substack. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was the former Staff Director of a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

Her work in the press, academics, government and the private sector has included being the first Editor-in-Chief of Envoy Magazine, President of the U.N. Correspondents Association, professor at Columbia University, and correspondent for CBS News for 23 years. She received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law and her Ph.D. from New York University, and attended the Universidad Complutense (Madrid).

Angela is the founder and principal of Moore Hospitality, a strategic communications consultancy serving the culinary, media and non-profit sectors. A former vice president at Warner Bros. Discovery, she brings more than 20 years of experience leading content, brand and digital initiatives for global businesses. Today, she partners with associations and mission-driven organizations to elevate stories through media relations, content strategy and digital marketing. Her true passion is editing copy.