Jermaine Bagnall is a seasoned media professional with over a decade of experience in storytelling, content creation, and multimedia production. He has collaborated with prominent organizations like The Mastercard Foundation and Salt + Light Media, specializing in creating impactful narratives through audio and video. Drawing from his extensive background in podcasting and Catholic journalism, Jermaine is passionate about equipping others with the tools and insights needed to launch meaningful and engaging podcasts.

Barb Fraze has won awards for her reporting but is happiest when she is editing. She started as a copy editor at the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, then served as the editor (and staff) of a small Indianapolis weekly before joining the now-closed Catholic News Service in Washington. She spent decades on the international desk, coordinating coverage with the Rome bureau and a network of international correspondents. She currently freelances, and she says as an editor she likes spinning straw into copper and silver into gold. She is the 2023 recipient of the Catholic Media Association’s St. Francis de Sales Award, which recognizes “outstanding contributions to Catholic journalism.”

Laura Ieraci is editor of ONE magazine. Previously, she worked at Catholic News Service and Vatican Radio in Rome, Horizons of the Eparchy of Parma in the U.S., the Archdiocese of Montreal and the Catholic Times in Canada. She has freelanced widely and has won multiple journalism awards. She serves on the board of Canadian Catholic News and is the founder of The Religion & Journalism Project.

Paul Schratz has over 40 years’ experience in journalism, having worked as a reporter, photographer, editorial page editor, columnist, and editor at daily and weekly newspapers in Ontario and British Columbia. He started with the Archdiocese of Vancouver in 1997, serving at various times as communications director and editor of The B.C. Catholic, his current position. He is also editorial and outreach manager for Canadian Catholic News, overseeing news and social media strategies, fundraising, and outreach initiatives.

Peter Stockland has been the publisher and editor of The Catholic Register in Canada’s largest Catholic newspaper, since January 2022. He assumed direction of the Register, where he had been a freelance columnist for 12 years, after more than 40 years in newspapers and magazines across Canada. He is a former editor-in-chief of The Montreal Gazette, vice-president of English-language magazines for Reader’s Digest Canada, and co-founded Convivium magazine in 2011. He has published books of fiction and photo essays.