About Our Contributors
Current Contributors
Chris Clermont: Language, Please Co-Founder and Executive Sponsor
Lissa Soep, PhD: Language, Please Edit Lead
Rochelle Odon: Language, Please consultant
Editorial Advisors: Noa Azulai, Justine Calma, Esther Gim, E. Jamar, Crystal Martin, Charlotte Silver
Inaugural Advisory Council
The Language, Please Advisory Council was a group of industry leaders, writers, editors, engineers, DEI professionals, and more who provided invaluable, early feedback on Language, Please as the resources for this project were developed. Advisory Council members supported the project over a 12-month period to help ensure Language, Please launched as a living project with resources that reflected changing standards and sparked thoughtful debate.
Lauren Williams, Co-Founder and CEO, Capital B
Martin Reynolds, Co-Executive Director, Maynard Institute
Dr. Bethany Grace Howe, Board Member, The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists (NLGJA) and Communications Specialist, Oregon Department of Human Services
Sewell Chan, Editor in Chief, Columbia Journalism Review
Jack Jenkins, National Reporter, Religion News
Jacqueline Cinguina, Chief Marketing Officer, Vox Media
Tanya Pai, Founder, Language, Please
Occasional Contributors
Writers, editors, copy editors, engineers, designers, DEI professionals, marketing researchers, academics, advocates, and more contributed to Language, Please in numerous ways large and small. We are very grateful for all their contributions:
Grace Ambrossi, Sukanya Aneja, Abby Aronofsky, Noa Azulai, James Bareham, Victoria Barrios, Katrina Barlow, Colleen Barrett, Zack Beauchamp, Becky Becker, Melissa Bell, Cynthia Betubiza, Tanya Boucicaut, Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Trei Brundrett, Chris Carfolite, Geolie Cayme, Chrystal China, Nisha Chittal, Jacqueline Cinguina, Chris Clermont, Julia Craven, Amber Davis, Laura Davis, Laura Delarato, Phil Delbourgo, Loren DiBlasi, Mila Djordjevic, Maia Dolphin-Krute, Joanna Douglas, Jon Douglas, Brian Dunn, Maggie Duffy, Tony Elkins, Sebastian Fernandez, Garance Franke-Ruta, Tom Giratikanon, Constance Grady, Aaron Harvey, Dorothy Hastings, Lyndsey Hayes, Robert Hernandez, Blair Hickman, Sam Harris, Laura Holder, Sophie Hurwitz, Nkoyo Iyamba, J Jamerson, Sarah Jeong, Amanda Kludt, Nishat Kurwa, Maria Laboy Pérez, Suset Laboy Pérez, Josh Laincz, Kelsey Lannin, Gina LeBlanc, Andrew Losowsky, Massarah Mikati, Priyanka Mantha, Jeff Marshall, Peyton McCarthy, Lolita McMorrow, Justin Mellette, Emma Merlis, Hanna Merzbach, Allison Miller, Ginny Mohler, Kiana Moore, Abdurrahman Muhammad, Jolie Myers, John Ness, Anna North, Rochelle Odon, Katie O’Dowd, Burke Olsen, Lauren O’Shaughnessy, Tanya Pai, Nilay Patel, Addie Pazzynski, Lindsay Peoples, Britt Peterson, Willa Plank, Brandy Porter, Cara Reedy, Zen Ren, Adi Robertson, Alicia Rodriguez, Andi Rogoff, Chris Roney, Corey Antonio Rose, Carl Rosen, Janell Ross, Monica Sager, Swati Sharma, Matt Singerman, Shyra Smart, Lissa Soep, Divya Sriram Tobiasz, Lauren Starke, Krystal Stevens, Lauren J. Stewart, Emily Swaim, Alexis Swerdloff, Naomi Tacuyan Underwood, Nekeed Upshaw, Hart Van Santvoord, Emma Van Susteren, Victor Ware, Caroline Weaver, Kristen Williamson, Chrystal Winn, Edwin H. Wong, Curtis Yee, Winnie Yoe, and Claire Yun.