Jamie has worked in front of and behind the camera since graduating from UM's Broadcast Journalism program in December 2009. Her career has taken her through newsrooms in Miami, Washington D.C., Idaho, Ohio and across the deep south, but South Florida called her back home in 2024. She now works as the Chief Investigative Reporter at WPTV in West Palm Beach, where she specializes in stories about legal affairs, public policy and exposing systemic failures. Her documentary, feature and breaking news reporting has earned multiple Emmy and state broadcasting awards.

Lisa Gibbs is president and CEO of the Pulitzer Center, a journalism and public engagement nonprofit. The Center provides grants and resources for ambitious reporting projects and operates programs that increase journalism’s reach and impact. Lisa joined the Center in 2024 from The Associated Press, where she was vice president of philanthropic development. This followed a career as a business journalist that included roles as AP’s global business editor and executive business editor of The Miami Herald. Lisa received her B.S. in communication and M.A. in liberal studies from the University of Miami. She was The Miami Hurricane’s editor-in-chief in 1985-1986. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Matthew Bunch is a social studies teacher, with a focus on United States History and Government, at the School for Advanced Studies, Kendall Campus. He is the host of the award-winning podcast, This Day in Miami History. For nearly 15 years, he also worked at the Miami Herald as a copy editor and online producer. He received his B.S. in broadcast journalism from the University of Miami in 2009. He was the editor-in-chief of The Miami Hurricane in 2008-2009 and oversaw a team that earned the paper its second Newspaper Pacemaker from the Associated Collegiate Press in 2009.