Early Edition Creators & Guests

Kate Hawkesby is a New Zealand radio announcer and television presenter who currently works as the 'Early Edition' presenter (weekdays from 5am) for Newstalk ZB.

Lizzie Johnson is an enterprise reporter at the Washington Post.

Andrew Kramer is a reporter based in the Moscow bureau of The New York Times.

Rachel Cunliffe is a Deputy Online Editor at New Statesman.

Laura Snapes is a music journalist, critic, and writer. Currently, she is Deputy Music Editor at The Guardian.Snapes's work has appeared in The Guardian, NME, Q, BBC, and Pitchfork. Her first book, "Phoenix: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix!," was published in 2019.She produced the radio documentary "The Drop Our Boogie" for BBC Radio 4 in 2016, and an audio documentary called "Mother Tongue" for Audible's Pitch series in 2018.

Juliet Eilperin is the Staff Writer of The Washington Post.

Jonathan Portes is Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the School of Politics & Economics of King's College, London and a senior fellow at UK in a Changing Europe.

John Lichfield is a former correspondent.

Dr. Gail Dines is a Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Wheelock College in Boston, an internationally acclaimed speaker, author, and a feminist public intellectual.

Zack Colman is a climate reporter. Currently, he is the energy and environment reporter at POLITICO.Colman received his B.A. in Journalism, International Relations, and Jewish Studies from Michigan State University and his M.A. in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois Springfield.