Elliott is the CEO of Piedmont Media and the publisher of the Fauquier Times and Prince William Times. A pioneer in online journalism, Elliott helped launch Chalkbeat (now Civic News Company), was one of the earliest newspaper bloggers for the Dayton Daily News and also wrote for the Indianapolis Star. He’s been recognized by the National Headliner Awards and the Online News Awards, among many other awards.

Cary’s long career as an investigative journalist included stops at the Miami Herald and Lexington Herald-Leader before coming to Washington, D.C. to join U.S. News & World Report, where he helped launch the investigative team. He’s been recognized by the National Headliner Awards and Overseas Press Club, along with the Sigma Delta Chi award for Best Magazine Story of the year among many other awards.

Stern covered business and politics for more than 30 years, reporting for the Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Information and other publications. For much of his career he focused on large tech and media companies, including Amazon, Facebook and Google.  He lives in Fauquier County where he has covered land use, data centers, agriculture and other local issues.

Medford worked at the Washington Post for 18 years, serving as editor of its magazine the last six. She also was Post Style editor, deputy Metro editor and Sunday Arts & Style editor. Earlier in her career she reported for the Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, Tallahassee Democrat and Raleigh News & Observer.  

Stanton is a former graphic artist for the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and the Dallas Morning News. Her work was included in the book "2015 America’s Best Infographics," and was part of a Washington Post series on police use of deadly force that won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

Doug Stroud is an award-winning photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. Drawn to photography throughout his life, it wasn’t until later that he picked up a camera and began capturing the world around him. Doug has photographed a remarkable variety of subjects—U.S. Presidents, high-ranking officials and politicians, breaking news, professional to peewee sports, professional athletes and high school state championships, weddings, bar and bat mitzvahs, portraits, wildlife, the outdoors, breaking news, travel, and architecture. Doug is currently working on his first documentary film, exploring the power of story—because story is born from life, and life is the journey.