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is the chief reporter of the Guardian in
the U.S., covering a wide range of subjects that include
criminal justice, race, the South and immigration.
Previously he was a senior editor in the Guardian’s
London offices, where he served as national news
editor, international news editor and Saturday features
editor. He is author of Beyond the Mother Country:
West Indians and the Notting Hill Race Riots.
has produced and directed more
than 100 documentary films and series during his
43-year-career. His documentary feature, SHAKE
HANDS WITH THE DEVIL: THE JOURNEY OF ROMÉO
DALLAIRE won the 2005 Sundance Festival Audience
Award for World Cinema Documentaries, and the
2007 Emmy Award for Best Documentary. Raymont’s
2007 documentary feature A PROMISE TO THE
DEAD: THE EXILE JOURNEY OF ARIEL DORFMAN,
was short-listed for an Academy award.
is the president of Orion Research
LLC, which does research for investors and has
investigated Herbalife Ltd. for more than three years.
Prior to founding Orion Research, she worked as a
reporter covering financial markets from New York,
Washington, Hong Kong and Singapore for news
organizations including Bloomberg News, Dow
Jones and Institutional Investor. She is the author of
Confidence Game: How Hedge Fund Manager Bill
Ackman Called Wall Street’s Bluff, a book about the
collapse of the bond insurance business ahead of the
financial crisis.
, a writer for The Washington
Post’s Style section, is the author of The Rise of Marco
Rubio. He writes long-form pieces on a broad range of
subjects, exploring politics, power and the culture of
Washington, as well as profiling major political figures
and authors. In more than 11 years at The Post, RoigFranzia has also served as the paper’s bureau chief in
Miami and in Mexico City.
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