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Roger is the Newsweek Education Program College Manager, focusing on colleges and other post-secondary schools. Previously, Roger was the New York Times' Education Manager for the Washington, DC region. He has also worked in various sales and marketing positions for the Stars and Stripes newspaper and the Baltimore Sun. Roger attended Virginia Tech University and graduated from Marymount University in Arlington, Va., with a B.S. in psychology.

Alan Chin is a documentary photographer who has covered conflicts in the Balkans, Central Asia, and the Middle East, for the New York Times, Newsweek, and other newspapers and magazines.

Professor Hill began her law career as an Associate with the Washington, D.C., firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross. She has worked as special counsel to the assistant secretary of the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and served as advisor to the chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Professor Hill is the author of numerous articles on international commercial law, bankruptcy, and civil rights, all areas in which she has taught. She presents on commercial law as well as race and gender equality, and her commentary is regularly published in Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. She has served on numerous boards of directors for nonprofit organizations and is the author of Speaking Truth to Power, which chronicles her experience as a witness in the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Dr. Hill is Professor of Social Policy, Law, and Women's Studies at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management.

Bret Begun was named national affairs editor in November 2006. In that position, he co-coordinates the magazine's political coverage and helps oversee the handling of breaking domestic news. Previously, Begun served as deputy editor for Newsweek's front-of-the-book section, Periscope, and contributed to the magazine's back-of-the-book coverage. He's been a member of the magazine's Olympics reporting team, covering the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, Italy; the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece; and the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Begun joined Newsweek in 1998 as an intern and moved to editorial assistant that same year. He was named assistant editor in 2000, associate editor in 2001, general editor in 2003 and senior writer in 2004. Begun earned a BSJ from Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.

Clifford M. Sloan is Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, The Washington Post Company's Internet and new media subsidiary. Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive publishes washingtonpost.com and Newsweek.com. Mr. Sloan oversees all legal matters and business development for the company. He has served in various government positions, including Associate Counsel to the President of the United States (1993-95), Assistant to the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice (1989-91), Associate Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel (Iran-Contra) (1987-88) and Law Clerk to Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and U.S. Court of Appeals Judge J. Skelly Wright. Mr. Sloan also has taught the law of cyberspace as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, George Washington University Law School and American University's Washington College of Law.

Dan Michalski is a seasoned journalist who has written for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, Newsweek, Men's Health, The Dallas Morning News, and the Dallas Observer. He has reported on air-quality issues and has extensive experience covering technological, as well as legal, matters. Mr. Michalski's extensive knowledge of the industry, in concert with his keen understanding of the media, makes him an invaluable resource for developing a positive public image for your company. His ability to provide effective damage control in light of any negative press assures that your company will be equipped to withstand and manage any adverse publicity, avoiding any significant consequences. His main objective is to prepare our clients for the unexpected.

Dana Thomas has been the fashion writer for Newsweek in Paris since 1995. She writes about style for The New York Times Magazine and contributes to a number of publications including The New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.

Daniel McGinn is a national correspondent at Newsweek, based in Boston. He writes about business and a variety of other topics. McGinn has worked at Newsweek since 1993, based in New York, Detroit and Boston. Prior to joining the magazine, he worked as an intern at Inc. Magazine and The Indianapolis Star. He has written cover stories on business leaders like Bill Ford and Jack Welch, along with cover stories on a range of other topics, from the economy to marriage to children's television. To read some of his best magazine stories, click on Articles above. McGinn is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College, and he also holds an MBA from Auburn University. His freelance work has appeared in Wired, Inc., Fast Company and The Boston Globe Magazine. He has appeared as a guest on NBC's Today Show, NPR, CNBC and MSNBC. A native of New Jersey, McGinn and his wife live in Massachusetts with their three children.

Daren Briscoe joined NEWSWEEK in July, 2004 as a Correspondent in the Washington Bureau, where he provides national and regional coverage of breaking news, immigration, race, social policy and law enforcement. At NEWSWEEK, Briscoe has covered Hurricane Katrina's aftermath in New Orleans, the rise of online "Netbanging" by computer-savvy gang members, and the federal witness protection program's struggles to protect younger witnesses. In 2005, he was the recipient of a 2005 Lincoln University Unity Award for his reporting role in "The Audacity of Hope," a profile of Senator Barack Obama. Prior to joining NEWSWEEK, Briscoe worked at the Los Angeles Times between September, 2001 and July, 2004 as a general assignment and local government reporter, and contributed to a 2005 Pulitzer Prize winning series about a troubled public hospital. He also interned at Newsday (Long Island), Media General News Service (Washington, D.C.), The Children's Advocate Newspaper (Oakland) and NBC-affiliate KRON-TV (San Francisco). A native Los Angeleno, he holds a B.A. in Mass Communications from UC Berkeley and an M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University, where he graduated with honors in 2001. Briscoe lives in DC with his wife, Rochelle.

Gary Knight was born in England in 1964. He began working as a photographer in the mid-1980s in Southeast Asia and Indochina embarking on a portrayal of the internecine warfare in a region coming to terms with the end of the cold war. In January 1993 he traveled to the former Yugoslavia where he became involved in documenting war crimes against humanity, the core theme of his work to this day. His work has been widely published by magazines all over the world and he has contributed work to several books. He occasionally lectures and is the author of several essays on journalism and photography. He is a contract photographer for Newsweek and a founding member of VII Photo Agency.

Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek. She regularly reports on the White House, Congress and the diverse personalities who make up the Washington power structure. Clift is a key member of the magazine?s political team. She followed the campaign of Bill Clinton from its start, and in June 1992 was named deputy Washington bureau chief. She played a key role in Newsweek's Special Election Project, assembling a behind-the-scenes chronicle of the 2000 presidential campaign and First Lady Hillary Clinton's historic run for the U.S. Senate. Clift became Newsweek's White House Correspondent when Jimmy Carter was elected and held the position through Ronald Reagan?s first term. In 1985, she left Newsweek to cover the Reagan administration for the Los Angeles Times. A year later she returned to Newsweek and a new assignment as the magazine?s congressional and political correspondent, a position which she held for six years. After Clinton?s election in 1992, Clift returned to the White House beat for the first two years of the Clinton administration. Clift is also a political analyst for the Fox News Network. She has appeared on many national television shows, including ABC's Nightline and Good Morning America, NBC?s The Today Show, CNN's Crossfire and PBS?s The News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Playing herself - as a member of The McLaughlin Group - Clift has appeared in several films, including Independence Day, Rising Sun, Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and Dave, as well as the CBS series, Murphy Brown. Clift and her husband, Tom Brazaitis, co-wrote the book, War Without Bloodshed: The Art of Politics (Scribner, June 1996), also available in paperback (Touchstone Books, November 1997). Clift also co-authored Madam President: Shattering the Last Glass Ceiling (Scribner, July 2000), which forecasts the prospects for a woman on the national ticket. Her latest book is: Founding Sisters and the Nineteenth Amendment (October 2003). Clift lives in Washington, D.C., and is the mother of three children.

Born in Bangkok, Thailand but raised in Portland, Oregon, Laura has been acting professionally for more than fifteen years. A graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, Laura returned to the Northwest to pursue acting in the city she loves. While Laura has appeared in several commercials, including those for Intel, Hewlett Packard, Nike, Microsoft, she can also be seen on the big screen in the supporting role of Tessa in the Pander Brother's film, Selfless. Other independent film credits and movies of the week include The Memorial Counselor, Switched at Birth and Dead by Sunset. Laura also works as a commercial model, appearing in national, regional and local ad campaigns and editorials for Newsweek, Prevention Magazine, Oregon Lottery, V-Tech, Walmart and Standard Insurance.