Mark Seddon is the New York based UN Correspondent for Al Jazeera English, the first global English language news and current affairs channel with headquarters in the Middle East He has an wide and varied range of experience from his work as an editor, journalist, broadcaster, political adviser and commentator.

He has also worked as a commentator and diarist on the London Evening Standard and as a contributor to the Evening Standard, The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, New Statesman and Private Eye.

Eason Jordan is an entrepreneur, a news executive, and a working journalist. He worked for 23 years with CNN, where he rose through the ranks to become the network's Chief News Executive and President of Newsgathering and International Networks. Jordan oversaw CNN's news coverage, global expansion, and international relations.

He orchestrated CNN's award-winning reporting of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, former Yugoslavia, and Somalia. He also directed CNN's coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square. He traveled around the world on behalf of CNN and reported on-air himself from such countries as Iraq and North Korea.

George C. Stoney has produced, written and directed more than 50 films and television series in a career that has spanned more than 50 years. Much of his work has focused on issues of racial justice, social responsibility, community, and freedom of speech.

An early advocate of video as a tool for social change, Stoney is also the founder and administrator of public access programs throughout the United States and Canada and is often cited as the father of Public Access Television. He is currently a professor of film and television at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.