Jeffrey Feldman is the author of two books on politics and language, ("Framing the Debate," 2007; "Outright Barbarous," 2008) and editor in chief of the influential political blog Frameshop (http://frameshopisopen.com). Dr. Feldman has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology, which he applies broadly to the analysis of media, politics and communication. He has been a frequent guest on the Thom Hartmann Program, Action Point with Cynthia Black, The Peter B. Collins Show, The Current (CBC Radio) and CBC Newsworld. He lives and teaches in New York City.

Baratunde is a comedian, writer and activist. He blogs at The Hufington post and as Jack Turner for Jack & Jill Politics.

Baratunde has authored three books, was nominated for the Bill Hicks Thought-Provoking Comedy Award, and Barack Obama called him “someone I need to know.” He was an early member of Laughing Liberally and has emceed the National Conference for Media Reform, YearlyKos and SXSW. He’s been featured on NPR, BBC, CNN, The NY Times, C-SPAN and ComedyCentral.com.

Baratunde speaks at colleges and conferences around the country and lives in NYC where he works for The Onion.

Kevin Drum is a political blogger for Mother Jones magazine. Prior to that he was a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly and authored their blog, Political Animal. During the 90s he was vice president of marketing for a software company in Irvine, California. He lives with his wife and two cats in Irvine.

As a Daily Kos contributing editor, Michael Lazzaro, 38, —a.k.a. ”Hunter”—has gained a reputation for passionate, explorative, and offbeat progressive writing. His wide-ranging essays and editorials are alternately probing and combative, provide stirring defenses of progressive and liberal ideals, and frequently explore the underlying dynamics of the progressive and liberal online communities themselves. An Internet consultant who currently makes his home in rural Northern California with his wife, child, and a varying assortment of animals, Michael helped design and build some of the very first e-commerce sites on the emerging World Wide Web.

Pam Spaulding is the editor and publisher of PamsHouseBlend.com, honored as Best LGBT Blog in the 2005 and 2006 Weblog Awards. A regular contributor to the progressive blogs Pandagon and The Bilerico Project, Spaulding has also guest blogged on Firedoglake, Glenn Greenwald's Unclaimed Territory on Salon, and Americablog. She received the 2006 Distinguished Achievement Award from The Monette-Horwitz Trust for making significant contributions toward the eradication of homophobia, and was honored with the 2009 Women's Media Center Award for Online Journalism. Pam's House Blend was also credentialed to cover the 2008 Democratic National Convention.