Piya Chattopadhyay is the host of OUT IN THE OPEN, an adventurous and wide-ranging weekly one-hour radio program on CBC Radio One, that brings you real talk about real life. Each week Piya and her team explore how one big topic is affecting regular people, and invite challenging perspectives into the conversation. She is also the regular Friday host of CBC Radio One’s flagship current affairs program, THE CURRENT.

Piya has been an on-air fixture in broadcasting for two decades as a reporter and host, for both radio and TV, in Canada and abroad.

She worked as a guest host for TVO’s The Agenda for several years. Prior to that, she was Fox News Radio’s Middle East correspondent, based in Jerusalem. During her three years in the region, she covered war and conflict, peace and politics, and people coping with everyday life.

Piya has reported from many international locations including Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, India, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, the Palestinian territories, Kenya, the United Kingdom and France, to name but a few.

Craig Silverman is the editor of BuzzFeed Canada and the founder of Emergent.info, a real-time rumor tracker that was developed as part a fellowship with the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. Silverman also founded Regret the Error, a blog about media accuracy and the discipline of verification. It’s now part of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, where he serves as adjunct faculty. Silverman edited the Verification Handbook and the Verification Handbook For Investigative Journalism from the European Journalism Center. He is a the former managing editor of PBS MediaShift and has been a columnist for The Globe And Mail, Toronto Star, and Columbia Journalism Review.

Ron Nurwisah is a senior editor for audience development at HuffPost Canada. His day-to-day work includes far too much time watching social media and cute dog videos. He also has a soft spot for a well written email newsletter. He can be found on twitter @boyreporter.

Fatima Syed is the Toronto reporter for National Observer, who’s journalism superpower is her long spreadsheet of stories she still hasn’t written.  She was previously a reporter on the breaking news desk for the Toronto Star and an editorial fellow at The Walrus. She’s also the author of a chapter in the book “Subdivided: City Building in an Age of Hyper-diversity,” winner of the 2017 Digital Publishing Awards for Best Digital Initiative, and a 2018 National Magazine Awards nominee for Best Essay. She writes about politics, the environment and urban affairs.”

Angela Misri is a Toronto journalist, and the Digital Director at The Walrus. She also writes fiction, and is the author of The Portia Adams Adventure series.

Mackay Taggart is the News Director for Global News Toronto, leading and managing the planning, production and presentation of Global Toronto’s television news broadcasts.

Starting as a high school radio intern, Mackay has obtained a diverse range of journalistic experience throughout his career; serving as producer for multiple news programs on both radio and television, and having previously worked for a year in Sierra Leone as a journalism trainer for NGO Journalists for Human Rights.

Arshy Mann is a journalist and the host of Canadaland Commons. A displaced Vancouverite, he has written about crime, business, law, race, LGBT issues and politics for many of Canada’s biggest outlets.

Stefanie Phillips is a young reporter inspired to share stories that matter to Canadians. She has been cultivating a career in multimedia reporting since 2013 and is currently finishing a degree in journalism at Ryerson University. After working for CJRU 1280 in Toronto, Stefanie fell in love with audio storytelling and has been pursuing a career in radio and podcasting ever since. She is now a podcast editor at Frequency Podcast Network by Rogers Media and recently did an internship at Metro Morning on CBC Radio. Let her follow you around with a microphone and challenge her to find the perfect music for your #mood.

Angela Glover is a news media production specialist with an emphasis in audio and radio. She has a B.A.A in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University.

Angela joined the School of Journalism in 1994. Her experience includes corporate and multimedia communications, podcasting and the production of audio books. At Ryerson, she instructs students in the use of technical equipment, editing software and production techniques. Angela is actively involved with students to create daily shows and she directs the live radio news broadcasts.

As technical adviser, she works closely with students producing radio documentaries. Students also benefit from Angela’s experience in the area of performance training and voice coaching.

Lindsay is the Digital Content and Web Design Specialist for the School of Journalism. She joined the Ryerson staff in 2004 after receiving her Bachelor of Journalism.

As a freelance editor, Lindsay has created promotional and music videos. She also worked at Global Television News, teaching digital video editing.

Lindsay continues to work as a freelance web designer and multimedia consultant for numerous clients, providing advice on advancing their online presence, and in the development of company and personal websites.

Jacob Dubé is the Editor-in-Chief of The Eyeopener, Ryerson’s independent student newspaper, where he was part of the investigative team behind the uncovering of bed bugs in a Ryerson classroom. He’s previously worked with the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Vice, and The Montreal Gazette, covering politics, technology, and environmental issues. He also co-hosts Radio Free Krypton, a comic book radio show that airs on 1280 AM in Toronto.

Michal Stein is a freelance journalist whose work has appeared on TVO.ca and the Ryerson Review of Journalism website. She also co-produces Bechdel Tested, a women-centric film and panel series at the Revue Cinema. She can often be found wandering around Toronto, listening to podcasts.

John Fraser, is the NNC’s executive chair. Until April 2018, he served as the founding president and CEO of the National NewsMedia Council. He is a Canadian journalist, writer and academic. He was editor of Saturday Night magazine from 1987 to 1994, where he pioneered the use of mixed circulation. He started his journalism career as a teen-aged copy boy for the Toronto Telegram, and became a noted dance and theatre critic. He has been a columnist, China correspondent, Ottawa bureau chief, national columnist, national editor and London correspondent at The Globe and Mail. He is the recipient of multiple national journalism awards, and was chair of the Canadian Journalism Foundation until 2008.

John served as Master of Massey College from 1995 until his retirement in 2014, and taught a course on the history of newspapers at the University of Toronto.