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Shannon J. Effinger has been a freelance arts journalist for more than a decade. Her writing on all things jazz and music regularly appears in Pitchfork, Bandcamp, Jazziz, Jazzwise, and Downbeat. As of the fall of 2020, her arts coverage can also be found in The New York Times and The Washington Post; the latter features her Sunday arts cover story on Marshall Allen, the longtime leader of the Sun Ra Arkestra.

Jake Blount is an award-winning musician and ethnomusicologist specializing in the folk traditions of Black Americans. His latest album, Spider Tales, is out now on Free Dirt Records & Service Co.

Lena Waithe is an American writer, producer and actor.

Matt Silver is a writer and broadcaster who has been performing, in one way or another, since his grandparents told him as a toddler that singing "Sunrise, Sunset" in rooms full of strangers was the cool thing to do.

Natalie Krebs is the health reporter for Iowa Public Radio.

Sara Ernst is the multimedia intern at Nashville Public Radio during spring 2018.

Josh Jackson is the associate general manager for content at WRTI in Philadelphia.

Maria Ines Zamudio covers immigration for WBEZ. She is an award-winning investigative reporter who is now part of the race, class and communities team. Prior to joining WBEZ, she worked for American Public Media’s investigative team. She’s also worked as an investigative reporter for the Memphis Commercial Appeal and Chicago Reporter magazine.