Oksana Andrienko is a fourth year student at Moscow State University (MSU) in the faculty of journalism. She hopes to become a public relations manager and she is interested in foreign languages, classical music, as well as playing and composing music.

Eugenia Bobkova is a third year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism with a focus in radio broadcasting.  She hates working under pressure, but loves a challenge and she has developed a life principle to never lose her individuality in her work because her journalistic work comes from the heart.

A senior at University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) studying international affairs, Kathleen Burdo has spent basically the entire time in Moscow trying to convince Chris to let her smuggle home a kitten.  One day, she will have a career negotiating backroom deals between countries, but until then she will pretend to be a journalism student because that is where all the cool kids are at.

Daria Chernysheva is a fourth year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  She hopes to become a television journalist with a focus on entertainment, as well as a proud owner of a dachshund.

Dr. Chris Demaske is an associate professor of communication at UWT. She teaches a variety of communication and journalism courses, and her research focus is on issues pertaining to First Amendment law.

Julia Gilichinskaya is a fifth year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  She enjoys watching all cartoons, especially Donald Duck, aspires to be a helicopter pilot, and she'll write her graduate work about the flying phenomenon known as Superman.

Adrienne Ione is the director of the Math+Science+Leadership=The MSL Program with the Institute of Technology at UWT.  She enjoys participating (but no one knows why) in Ironman Triatholons.

Elena Kornilova is a fourth year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  She aspires to become a professional singer.

Pavel Koshkin is a fourth year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  He enjoys American and British journalism, international relations, playing guitar, sports, and the Disney characters Timon and Pumba.

Diana Kulchitskaya is a first year Ph.d student in the faculty of journalism at MSU.  She enjoys international journalism and languages, and she would like to be a foreign correspondent one day.

Galina Kuznetsova is an alumnus to the faculty of journalism of MSU.  She enjoys listening to music, especially Diana Ross’ “I Will Survive,” while she works.

Anna Laletina is a third year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  She wants to have the ability to never sleep so she can meet as many people and engage in as many activities as possible.

Anna Leonova is a fourth year student in the international department of the faculty of journalism at MSU. She is one of the co-founders of the International League of Young Journalists, and she enjoys studying multiple foreign languages.

Maria Lukina is an associate professor and the deputy dean at MSU’s faculty of journalism.  She teaches classes on basic journalism, reporting, and interviewing, and her research focus is on internet journalism.

Alex Newman is a senior at UWT majoring in communication.  Her passions include writing, poetry, directing, and acting.

Marisa Petrich is a senior at UWT majoring in communication. She has a habit of taking on far too many activities, and hopes to one day experience “free time.”

Julia Shamporova is a fourth year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  She is specializing in American and British journalism, she would like to work as a foreign journalist, as well as become a news anchor and an internationally acclaimed actress.

Amina Sheikhova is a fourth year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  Her ambition in life is to become a director of documentary films.

Elena Shvetsova is a third year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism. She enjoys traveling and meeting new people, is very interested in photography, and hopes to become a photo journalist one day.

Alexander Solomonov is a second year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  His dream in life is to design and live in a modest home located in Spain.

Aleksey Spodineyko is a third year student at MSU in the faculty of journalism.  He enjoys being a DJ at nightclubs and his passion lies in photography and graphic design.

Kimberly Wynn is a senior at UWT majoring in communication.  She enjoys watching and playing sports, spending quality time with family, friends and her beloved boyfriend Danny Lewandowski Jr., and hopes to one day work for ESPN.

Alexander Shalyapin is a post-graduate student at MSU in the faculty of journalism. He is specializing in Internet journalism, modern media, web-technologies and other hi-tech stuff. He also enjoys making soundtrack music, playing piano and synthesizer.