Bruno Takahashi is Associate Professor of Environmental Journalism and Communication at Michigan State University, USA, with a joint appointment in the School of Journalism and AgBioResearch.

Julia Metag is Professor of Communication Science at the Department of Communication at the University of Muenster, Germany.

Jagadish Thaker is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Suzannah Evans Comfort is Assistant Professor in the Media School at Indiana University, USA.