Adeola Fayehun combines her passion for activism with her training in journalism to tell African stories on YouTube with humor.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a Ghanaian undercover journalist and private eye who gathers hard evidence of crime and corruption, putting the perpetrators behind bars.

Yasin Kakande is exposing the human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Middle East.

Chee Pearlman creates conversations among designers -- think of her as as the host of a worldwide, perpetual salon.

With more and more regular Joes snapping photos in the street, live-tweeting breaking news from the ground, and acting as free sources of political, economic and cultural analysis, not everyone is confident about the future of professional journalism. But according to TED speaker Paul Lewis, who shared two dramatic examples of citizen journalism...

David Grady is on a crusade to help you take back your calendar.

Noy Thrupkaew reports on human trafficking and the economics of exploitation through the lens of labor rights.

Anna Rothschild makes videos about science for the young and the young at heart.

Amanda Little is a professor of journalism and science writing at Vanderbilt University.

John Bohannon is a scientist and writer who runs the annual Dance Your Ph.D. contest.

The managing editor of Storyful.com, Markham Nolan has watched journalism evolve from the pursuit of finding facts to the act of verifying those floating in the ether.

Bina Venkataraman is the Editorial Page Editor of the Boston Globe, a professor at MIT and the author of "The Optimist's Telescope."

Brian Goldman is an emergency-room physician in Toronto, and the host of CBC Radio’s "White Coat, Black Art."

Jorge Ramos's work covers the issues that affect the 55 million Latinos in the United States and immigrants all over the world.

Chuck Plunkett advocates for greater public awareness and support of quality local news.

TED Studies, created in collaboration with Wiley, are curated video collections – supplemented by rich educational materials – for students, educators and self-guided learners. In Covering World News, media executives, journalists and authors explore how our ability to understand and participate in a global society is helped or hindered by Weste...

For the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, Anders Fjellberg investigated the story of "The Wetsuitman," along with his co-author, photographer Tomm Christiansen.

Trevor Timm is the co-founder and executive director of Freedom of the Press Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports and defends journalism dedicated to transparency and accountability.

Daniel Engber explores science and culture as an award-winning journalist for Radiolab, the New York Times, Slate and Wired, among others.

Jean-Paul Mari has reported on conflicts in more than three dozen countries.

Mark Forsyth strolls through the English language, telling stories, making connections and banishing hobgoblins.

With his show 99% Invisible, Roman Mars discovered new ways to jolt public radio out of its old paradigms, while at the same time spinning riveting tales of design.

Journalist Gary Wolf spends his days in pursuit of the most fascinating things. As a contributing editor at Wired, he's written about technology, mushroom hunters, venture capitalists ...

Lara Setrakian is building innovative news platforms that stand ready to engage and explain the complexity of our world.

Kitra Cahana is a Canadian photographer who blurs the line between anthropologist and journalist.

Soraya Chemaly writes and thinks about social justice.

John Biewen directs the audio program at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, where he produces the Center's Peabody-nominated documentary podcast, Scene on Radio.

Johann Hari is the author of two "New York Times" best-selling books.

Sarah Barmak teaches journalism and writes about women's health and sexuality, gender and sexual consent.

In "The Cost of Hope," Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Amanda Bennett brings an investigative angle to the conversation about end-of-life care.