Miglena Sternadori is Associate Professor in the Department of Journalism and Creative Media Industries at Texas Tech University. She is the author of Mediated Eros and contributor to numerous journals and publications including Mass Communication & Society and Feminist Media Studies.

Tim Holmes is associate director of postgraduatetaught journalism programs at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University, Wales. He is the founder of the Mapping The Magazine series of conferences, and author of Magazine Journalism and The 21st Century Journalism Handbook.