Neil Macfarlane is a senior lecturer in online journalism at The University of Sunderland, UK. He is a freelance investigative journalist and has written for titles including Private Eye, The Mirror, and HuffPost UK.

Barbara Longo-Flint is a PhD researcher at The University of Sunderland, UK. Previously, she worked as a journalist in Italy for 20 years.

John Price is a senior lecturer in journalism at The University of Sunderland, UK. He publishes research on topics including investigative journalism, sports, and discrimination and the media.