David W. Bulla is a professor of communication at Augusta University. His books include Lincoln's Censor, Why Slavery Endures, and Gandhi, Advocacy Journalism, and the Media. He is assistant editor of The Southeastern Review of Journalism History. Dr. Bulla earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Florida and his master's degree in journalism from Indiana University. He is a former sports editor and high school student newspaper adviser.

Gregory A. Borchard is professor of mass communication and journalism at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His books include A Narrative History of the American Press and Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley. He edited the Encyclopedia of Journalism and the journal Journalism History for the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Dr. Borchard earned a Ph.D. in mass communication from the University of Florida.