Khalil, based in Istanbul, is an award-winning photojournalist with 10 years' experience in conflict zones and founder of Frontline in Focus. Recently awarded a Google News Initiative award, which lead to the new initiative Frontline in Focus XR. Hail, based in Geneva, has been a humanitarian field worker in complex contexts for 10 years, working with UN Agencies and INGOs.
Executive director and co-founder of OjoPúblico, he is author of three non-fiction books including co-author of “The Swiss Army Knife of the Reporter” (2016), a handbook of investigative digital tools for journalists in Latin America. He has receive the Journalistic Excellence Award from the Inter American Press Association, two awards from the World Association of News Publishers (WAN IFRA) and the Latin American Prize for Investigative Journalism.