Team Bios
Publisher and Editor Gabriel Kahn is a professor of professional practice at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism. His research focuses on the economics of the media industry. He teaches classes on business reporting, economics and innovation. He drives an electric car, which he’s always eager to talk about, usually, for much too long.
CTO Luciano Nocera is a computer scientist and Associate Director at the USC Integrated Media System Center where his research focuses on data analytics with applications in health, transportation and social media. He also teaches data visualization and develops educational games for various online programs. He is an avid rock climber, an activity that seem to consume too much of his time.
Jon Regardie is a veteran Los Angeles journalist who has contributed news, politics, business and entertainment stories to dozens of print and online publications. A recipient of the L.A. Press Club’s 2020 Journalist of the Year award, he also regularly comments on civic matters on local radio stations. He plays basketball frequently, albeit poorly.
Alumni:
Riti Agrawal, Anisha Banerjee, Natalie Bettendorf, Hrushabh Bhadkamkar, Danielle Boyce, Joshua Chang, Devendra Chaudhari, Eileen Chen, Mengting Cheng, George Constantinou, Amanda Curtis, Shirsho Dasgupta, Aditya Dave, Jake de Grazia, Darrell Florence, Racquel Fygenson, Lorraine Ge, Shideh Ghandeharizadeh, Coco Huang, Shirley Huang, Andrew Hulin, Carter Hyde, George Joseph, Hanna Kang, Simon Khan, Vaishnavi Kotawar, Abhilash Kulkarni, Jean-Daniel LeRoy, Minyu Li, Junyu Liu, Kate Lý Johnston, Margaret Lu, Ava Macha, Sarah Martin, Taylor Mills, Abhishek Mitra, Erick Moen, Naylee Nagda, Onur Orhan, Catherine Orihuela, Roy Pankey, Jaimin Patel, Mara Pometti, Sai Prasad, Ayushi Purohit, Bulbul Rajagopal, Sami Sanchez, Cyrus Shahabi, Heet Sheeth, Cari Spencer, Kiera Smith, Emily Stone, Kylie Storm, Jiao Sun, Dan Toomey, Ivy Tsang, Phoenix Tso, Nisha Venkat, Katherine Vlamis, Ethan Ward, Lauren Whaley, Sihan Wu, Zhuxin Xiong, Xinyi Xu, Juefei Yan, Jiefan Yang, Ngai Yeung, Mingxuan Yue, Isabella Zavarise, Lillian Zeng, Ashley Zhang and Lijie Zhao.
Portrait illustrations by Racquel Fygenson.
