Jake Bernstein

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist & Author of "Secrecy World"

Holly Bailey

National Correspondent for Yahoo News; Former Newsweek White House Correspondent; Author of "The Mercy of the Sky"

Richard Lui

Journalist, Anchor of NBC News' "Early Today Show" & Author of "Enough About Me"

Michigan Ross Commencement 2023 Guest Speaker: Richard Lui ...

Jodi Kantor

Pulitzer-Prize Winning Journalist & Author

Van Jones

CEO of REFORM Alliance, CNN host, Emmy Award-winning Producer & NY Times Best-Selling Author

David E. Hoffman

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Contributing Editor at the Washington Post

Rinker Buck

Award-Winning Author; Known for "Flight of Passage"

Charles Blow

Visual Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times; CNN Contributor & NY Times Best-Selling Author of "Fire Shut Up in My Bones"

Bob Woodward

Legendary Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Journalist; 22-Time Best-Selling Author & Associate Editor at The Washington Post

Kevin Powell

Writer, Humanitarian, President of BK Nation

Mika Brzezinski

Co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" & Bestselling Author; Founder of "Know Your Value"

Katherine Stewart

Investigative Reporter & Author of "The Power Worshippers"

The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism

Vijay Prashad

Historian, Journalist & Author; Director of Tricontinental Institute & Chief Editor of LeftWord Books

Bob Sellers

Former CNBC & Fox Anchor; Author of "Forbes Best Business Mistakes: How Today's Top Business Leaders Turned Missteps into Success"

Dolores Barclay

Author, Professor at Columbia School of Journalism & Former National Writer and Arts Editor of The Associated Press

Christopher Goffard

Author & Journalist for the Los Angeles Times

C.J. Chivers

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist & Author

Audrey Watters

Journalist Specialized in Education Technology News and Analysis

Juliet Macur

NY Times Sports of the Times Columnist & Best-selling Author

Bonnie Rochman

Award-Winning Journalist; Best-Selling Author of "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids - And the Kids We Have"

Ben Bradlee Jr.

Extolled author and journalist who spent twenty-five years with The Boston Globe, depicted in the Academy Award-winning film "Spotlight"

Philip Rucker

White House Bureau Chief for The Washington Post

Ryan Grim

Ryan Grim / Washington Bureau Chief at The Huffington Post / Author of "This Is Your Country On Drugs"

Roland Martin

Award-Winning Journalist & Media Personality, Author of "Listening to the Spirit Within: 50 Perspectives on Faith"

Steve Coll

Former President & CEO of New America Foundation; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of "Ghost Wars"

Jeffrey Kluger

Journalist; Editor and Writer at TIME MAGAZINE. Author of 8 books, including APOLLO 13.

Trish Regan

Investigative Journalist, Host of "Trish Regan Primetime"

Juan Williams

New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fox News Political Analyst, Co-Host of "The Five" & Award-Winning Columnist

Tavis Smiley

Broadcaster, Author, Publisher, Advocate, and Philanthropist

John Kasich

Former Governor of Ohio