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Frank James joined NPR News in April 2009 to launch the blog, "The Two-Way," with co-blogger Mark Memmott.

Gina Logue hosts “MTSU On the Record,” a 30-minute interview program heard on WMOT-FM each Monday at 5:30 p.m. and Sunday at 8 a.m. "MTSU On the Record" was honored in 2012 as the best radio program among the state's colleges and universities by the Tennessee College Public Relations Association. The program also was recognized for excellence in 2012 by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). She has hosted the program for the past seven years. In addition, Gina (pronounced JIN-uh) writes, voices and produces the 60-second “Middle in a Minute” vignettes heard throughout WMOT programming. A veteran of 20 years of radio experience prior to working with WMOT, Gina covered Alabama politics during the last administration of Gov. George Wallace and Louisiana politics during the third administration of Gov. Edwin Edwards and the sole term of Gov. Buddy Roemer. She has covered the 1988 Republican National Convention in New Orleans, the 1989 five-day goodwill visit of Soviet warships to the world’s largest naval base in Norfolk, Va., and the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Her reporting has aired on AP Radio, CBS Radio and the Voice of America. In 1984, she and Alabama Radio Network colleague Jim Merlini won a UPI award for presidential election coverage. In addition, Gina won the ARK/LA UPI awards for Best Feature and Outstanding Achievement in the Best Newscast category in 1986 and Best Feature and Best Individual Achievement in 1987, all while with the Louisiana Network. Over the years, she has interviewed numerous newsmakers and celebrities, ranging from Patricia Neal, Charlie Daniels, Sam Snead and Bobby Orr to David Halberstam, Morris Dees, Gloria Steinem and Benazir Bhutto.

John Freeman is the editor of Grantamagazine. A former president of the National Book Critics Circle, his criticism has appeared in publications around the world, including The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times Book Review. His latest book is The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox.

John Hockenberry "The Takeaway" marks John Hockenberry's return to his roots in public radio— where he was one of the medium's original innovators — after 15 years in network and cable television. During his time at ABC and NBC, he earned four Emmy Awards, three Peabody Awards, an Edward R. Murrow Award and a Casey Medal. Hockenberry has also been recognized for his pioneering online content, hosts the award-winning public radio series "The DNA Files," is a weeky commentator for the series "The Infinite Mind" and currently sits as a Distinguished Fellow at the prestigious MIT Media Lab. At NBC, he served as a correspondent for "Dateline" where his work ranged from an intimate portrait of a schizophrenic young adult to an investigative piece that traced Internet swindlers in an international web to the first and only interview with the brother of two of the 9/11 suicide hijackers. He also hosted two of his own programs for MSNBC, "Hockenberry" and "Edgewise." Hockenberry was one of the first Western broadcast journalists to report from Kurdish refugee camps in Northern Iraq and Southern Turkey. During the first Gulf War, he reported Israel, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Iran. He also spent two years as a correspondent based in Jerusalem during the most intensive conflict of the Palestinian uprising. He is a contributing editor for Conde Nast "Portfolio" and "Metropolis" magazines and has written for the "New York Times," "The New Yorker," "I.D.," "Columbia Journalism Review," "Details," "Wired" and the "Washington Post." Born in Dayton, Ohio, Hockenberry grew up in upstate New York and Michigan, and attended the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon. He and his wife Alison live in Brooklyn with their two sets of twins, Zoe, Olivia, Zachary and Regan.

Amanda Loder reports on business and the economy in NHPR's newsroom, and hosts Weekend Edition. Amanda joined New Hampshire Public Radio following four years of reporting and hosting at Spokane Public Radio in Washington State. At Spokane Public Radio, she was recognized with regional Edward R. Murrow and SPJ awards for her feature and series reporting. During four years at SPR, she worked her way up from general assignment reporter to featurist, and was ultimately tapped to host All Things Considered. Amanda, a native Iowan, received her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and Religious Studies from Lawrence University, and a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Syracuse University.

Trey Graham edits and produces arts and entertainment content for NPR's Digital Media division, where among other things he's helped launch the Monkey See pop-culture blog and NPR's expanded Web-only movies coverage. He also helps manage the Web presence for Fresh Air from WHYY.