Many people contributed to this project with ideas and critiques: Daniel Macht, Drew Geraets and CUNY's Graduate School of Jounalism professors Russell Chun, Sandeep Junnarkar, Margot Mifflin and Dody Tsiantar. Thank you!

Special thanks to the artists, Natasha Archdale, Laura Gilbert, Walt Handelsman, Nora Ligorano, Marshall Reese and Geoffrey Raymond, for sharing their time, work and thoughts.

Also, thanks to those who contributed with cartoons for the timeline: The 'Ding' Darling Wildlife Society and Carol Edmonston.