The Media and the Midterms

Dalia Hatuqa is a multimedia reporter, writer and analyst specializing in Israeli/Palestinian affairs, and regional Middle East issues as they pertain to business and economics, culture, art and U.S. foreign policy. Since 2000, she has divided her time between the West Bank, Jordan and the United States covering political, economic and cultural issues for print, TV and radio. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time, Rolling Stone, Foreign Policy and The Atlantic and her radio stories and commentary have aired on NPR and BBC.

Maham Javaid has been Politics Reporter at NPR since June 2026. Previously, she worked at The Washington Post’s National and International desks. Maham began her journalism career in Pakistan and is a former International Women’s Media Foundation and Human Rights Watch fellow.

Chuck McCutcheon is an independent writing and editing professional in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area. He co-authored two editions of “The Almanac of American Politics” and the dictionaries “Doubletalk: The Language, Code and Jargon of a Presidential Election” and “Dog Whistles, Walk-Backs and Washington Handshakes.” He is the former editor of Axios’ energy and climate newsletter and is writing a textbook, “Climate Policy A to Z.”

Shay Stewart-Bouley, aka Black Girl in Maine, is Executive Director of Community Change Inc., a civil rights organization in Boston that has been educating and organizing for racial equality since 1968. She is a anti-racism speaker for education and empowerment and has written for the Portland Press Herald and the Portland Phoenix.

Richard Eisenberg is an ASJA Board Member, Chair of ASJA’s Virtual Education Programs and Co-Chair of ASJA’s Client Connections Program. He is an “unretired” journalist and podcaster who writes “The View From Unretirement” column for MarketWatch, freelances for Time, People, Kiplinger, AARP, The Stanford Center on Longevity Magazine and Health Payer Specialist and is co-host of the “Friends Talk Money” personal finance podcast for people 50+. He is the former Executive Editor of Money magazine, where he also served as its Washington Correspondent.