The crew that digs up and serves up fresh hot facts – online, in video, and everywhere – led by Frank Sesno, director of The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs and former CNN correspondent and Washington bureau chief.
FRANK SESNO - Chief Executive
- Director of The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs; Professor of Media and Public Affairs and International Affairs
- Creator of “Planet Forward” and recent host of “The Future of News” on PBS
- Former CNN senior vice president, Washington bureau chief, correspondent and program host
- Nationally renowned interviewer and moderator who has spoken with some of the world’s leading personalities including five American presidents.
ROB FLYNN - Development Director
- Led communications and marketing teams and corporate / foundation development at PBS NewsHour
- Led marketing efforts at The Golf Channel
- Senior director of strategic communications, National Cable Telecommunications Association (NCTA), Washington, DC
MIKE DEVITO - Managing Editor/Online Producer
- Graduate Teaching Assistant at The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
- Managing Editor, Planet Forward
- Freelance multimedia journalist and web designer
Face the Facts Alumni
TOM FARMER - Executive Director
- Founder, Solid State Information Design and Brick Duck Communications
- Technology communications consultant for Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco Systems; former creative or strategy director for west coast interactive firms; winner of three New York Film Festival “Telly” Awards
- CNN executive producer; shared George Foster Peabody Award for “Larry King Live”
- Recipient of Associated Press awards for local reporting and news anchoring
KYLE O’CONNOR - Managing Director
- Managing director of American Film Institute’s Silverdocs documentary film festival
- Vice president of corporate affairs and social responsibility, Discovery Communications
- Television news experience: WUNC-TV, Chapel Hill and WBZ-TV, Boston
JOHN GILMORE - Executive Producer-Partner Manager
- Former Sr. Supervising Producer "Larry King Live." Produced interviews with six American presidents, several world leaders and global star entertainers.
- Former White House Executive Producer, CNN
- Covered politics and major news stories nationwide.
SANDY JOHNSON - Executive Editor
- Former Associated Press bureau chief, Washington, DC
- Directed AP election coverage for 22 years and led AP Washington staff to four Merriman Smith reporting awards
- Managing editor at the Center for Public Integrity and state news executive editor for AARP bulletin
ELAINE POVICH - Assignment Editor
- Chief congressional correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, correspondent for Newsday, UPI reporter
- Author of biographies of Senator John McCain and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
- Adjunct professor, University of Maryland School of Journalism; recipient of the Women in Communications “Clarion” award
SIMON MARKS - Senior Video Producer
- President and chief correspondent, Feature Story News; Emmy award-winning producer
- Associate executive producer of PBS NewsHour and CEO and president, MacNeil-Lehrer Productions
- Also served as Moscow correspondent and bureau chief, Christian Science Monitor
MELISSA MAPES - Graduate Student Research Director
- MA student at The George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
- Fulbright Grantee, Portugal 2009-2010
- Social media consultant and freelance writer