Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. He started as a radio host in 1992 and moved to CT Public in 2009. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Hartford Courant, many Hearst newspapers, Men’s Health, Cosmopolitan, Forbes FYI, Mademoiselle, Mirabella, Backpacking, Bicycling, and McSweeney’s. He teaches in the political science department at Yale. As an onstage interviewer and moderator, he has shared the stage with Stephen King, Anthony Bourdain, Joyce Carol Oates, Kurt Vonnegut, Tig Notaro, Marc Maron, Amy Tan, Bob Woodward, Tim Gunn, Alice Waters, Al Franken, Molly Ivins, Anita Hill and many others. He is allergic to penicillin. He dislikes coffee mugs that are black or any dark color. He finds them very upsetting.
Mary Collins, Professor of Creative Writing/Nonfiction at Central CT State University, worked for 25 years in Washington, DC and got her start in the Capital as a fact-checker for the American Journalism Review and, later, National Geographic. After three years of checking other writers’ facts, she emerged as a writer and editor in her own right for National Geographic, the Smithsonian and a range of publications, such as the Washington Post and New York Times. She has published several award-winning nonfiction books and articles. You can learn more about her work at www.marycollinswriter.com. If you want to read her humor column about being a fact-checker, published in the Washington Independent Review of Books last year, click here
Amanda J. Crawford is a veteran political reporter and literary journalist and has been on the faculty at the University of Connecticut since 2018. Her research focuses on journalism ethics, media law, misinformation, conspiracy theories, mass shooting denial, and how journalists report on violence in a democratic society. Working at the intersection of investigative reporting, creative nonfiction, and academic scholarship, her work blends narrative storytelling with rigorous research. She is currently writing a book on media coverage of mass shootings and misinformation, to be published by Columbia University Press in 2026. Her reporting and essays have appeared in outlets including The Boston Globe, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Conversation, Nieman Reports, and CNN. Her long-form investigation “Truth for the Dead,” about a Sandy Hook family’s decade-long battle against conspiracy theorists, ran as a Boston Globe Magazine cover story and received major regional journalism honors and a Pulitzer Prize nomination. Crawford has extensive experience covering gun policy and violence, including investigative reporting on firearms legislation and access. She is affiliated with multiple research centers focused on gun violence and journalism practice, and serves on nonprofit boards dedicated to press freedom and survivor advocacy. Before UConn, she taught at Western Kentucky University and Arizona State University, and reported for Bloomberg News, The Arizona Republic, and The Baltimore Sun. She holds degrees from the University of Maryland and Arizona State University and has received numerous journalism awards and honors.
Bruce Putterman is CEO and Publisher of The Connecticut Mirror, responsible for the strategic direction of the organization, revenue generation, product innovation, reader engagement, and all business operations. Before joining CT Mirror in 2017, Bruce owned and operated a West Hartford-based consulting practice for 16 years, providing strategic planning and marketing services to more than 50 nonprofit organizations, advocacy groups, public agencies, private equity firms, and other for-profit clients. His interest in journalism dates back to his college years when he worked in commercial radio and TV news. Bruce served as an elected member of the West Hartford Board of Education from 2003 through 2015, including three years as chair of the board. He has a Bachelor of Arts in History and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Cornell University.
Matt Warshauer is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, where he received his bachelors in American Studies. Fascinated by what he calls “the American paradox,” the ever-challenging conundrum between the nation’s founding document and the difficulties of pursuing essential ideas of freedom, Warshauer pursued an MA and Ph.D. at Saint Louis University. He has spent the last 30 years exploring the great American experiment in self-government. The author of five books and countless articles and reviews, Warshauer has written extensively on Andrew Jackson, slavery and the Civil War, and, most recently, 9/11 and how the most important and devastating event of the 21st century has impacted the world in which we live. Creating and Failing the 9/11 Generation: The Real Story of September 11 was just released from Routledge Press. With a unique ability to draw in his audience, Warshauer guides listeners through the complexities of American political and constitutional history so that we can all think more clearly and gain a better of understanding of our role as citizens.