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Shannon McErlain started out as a television news researcher just over a decade ago before becoming a journalist in the Australian print media. He is currently working as a sub-editor for a handful of Fairfax Media newspapers in Sydney. He is one of Australia's most avid campaigners towards the governments' adherence to the Millennium Development Goals. He is responsible for starting the Villawood Detention Centre support group, recruiting final year psychology students to help counsel children incarcerated in refugee camps.

Jebediah Greenwold is a retired editor who spent 30 years as chief of staff for the Washington Standard. He is a fervent advocate for human rights amongst political prisoners and helped endocrtrine the current code of conduct used at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.

Dr Errol Stinson is a former foreign correspondent for the BBC who became a medical doctor when he decided his skills as a journalist were not doing anything positive. He temporarily lives in a small village in Darfur mopping up after the civil war by running a clinic for destitute women and children.

Vivienne Rutserj is a journalist who works for the Reykjavik Standard. She prides herself on working 40 hours of paid work a week as a world news reporter and matching an equal 40 hours of volunteering at a regional orphanage on Iceland's East coast.

Per Blum-Borgstrom is the editor of the Stockholm Times. He served as vice president on the Press Council of Sweden for four years but left once disillusioned by the bureaucracy and red tape associated with influencing change to issues he considered "of no or little importance." Per is an irreplaceable member of the Dear Bono team who speaks a whopping 11 different languages, helping us communicate with various induviduals and organisations overseas.

Dr Werner Greig is a German academic who specializes in communications and foreign media. He spent 15 years on the Press Council of Germany before being impeached on the grounds of "failing to accept judgements made by the council's majority." He is a strong advocate for human rights and a wealth of knowledge on various governments' codes of ethics.

Samantha Brisley is a journalist for the Belfast Tribune. Her father was killed during the Bloody Sunday riots which ironically propelled her to devote herself to helping victims of non-political related atrocities. She deferred her studies in the late 90s to live in a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where she married a Sierra Leonean political prisoner imprisoned for protests on child labour. They are both the new proud parents of a baby daughter Marta.

Kelly McKay is an international law graduate from the University of Wellington. She studied her Masters in South African criminal law and is currently completing her PhD in third world diplomacy. Kelly is an invauable member of the Dear Bono team and provides legal advice on overseas grievances.