ABC News Daily Creators & Guests

Bridget Brennan is an Australian journalist. She is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Indigenous Affairs Editor.

Shayna Jacobs is a federal courts and law enforcement reporter on the national security team at The Washington Post, where she covers the Southern and Eastern districts of New York. Jacobs previously covered courts and crime for the New York Daily News, including numerous high-profile arrests and lawsuits, as well as major news events like Hurricane Sandy. She has served as an assistant adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Michael Janda is a business coach for creative professionals, author of Burn Your Portfolio, designer, speaker, creative consultant.

Lynne O'Donnell is a journalist and author.

Dr. Louise Sheiner is an economist whose work focuses on federal, state, and local fiscal policy, productivity measurement, demographic change, health policy, and other fiscal and macroeconomic issues. Currently, she is a Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution and policy director for the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy.Previously, Sheiner was a senior economist in the Fiscal Analysis Section for the Research and Statistics Division with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Before joining the Fed, she was an economist at the Joint Committee on Taxation.Sheiner received her B.S. in Biology and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University.

Natalia Mehlman Petrzela is a scholar, writer, teacher and activist, her latest research traces the rise of fitness culture since the 1950s, she is also co-founder of HealthClass2.0, an experiential health education program and co-host of the Past Present Podcast.

Lily Kuo is a reporter. Currently, she is the China bureau chief for The Washington Post.Previously, Kuo was the Beijing bureau chief for the Guardian. Before that she reported for Quartz in Kenya, Hong Kong and New York, and for Reuters in New York and Washington.Kuo received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, an M.Sc. from Peking University, and an M.Sc. from The London School of Economics.

Negar Mortazavi is a journalist and political analyst. Currently, she is a columnist for The Independent and host of the Iran Podcast.Mortazavi received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and her M.A. from Brandeis University.

Emily Atkin is a reporter who writes about climate change and environmental justice. She is the founder of the newsletter HEATED, which provides reporting and analysis on the climate crisis.Previously, Atkin was the climate staff writer at The New Republic, and the deputy climate editor at ThinkProgress. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Slate, and Mother Jones.