Dr Nik Nur Ainin Soffiya Nik Mat, Senior Lecturer, Department of Languages and Linguistics, University Malaya

Associate Professor Dr Sabariah Mohamed Salleh, Head of Programme, Centre for Research in Media and Communication, UKM

Dr James Dorsey, Senior Fellow, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies

Radzi Razak, Spokesperson, Gerakan Media Merdeka (GERAMM)

Sharmila Sekaran, Chairperson, Voice of the Children

Dr Niaz Asadullah, Professorial fellow, North South University in Bangladesh

Dr Welyne Jeffrey Jehom, Anthropologist, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya

Rajes Paul, Sports Journalist, The Star

Dr Geoffrey Williams, Economist

Razlan Dhamir Hamdan, Co-founder, Aphelia

Barathi Selvam, Senior Research Officer, Women's Aid Organisation

Dr Haezreena Begum Abdul Hamid, Criminologist and Deputy Dean, Faculty of Law at Universiti Malaya

Wathshlah Naidu, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Journalism

Cha-ly Koh, CEO, Urbanmetry