June Cross is the director of the documentary program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She has spent her career highlighting stories of the dispossessed and the intersection of race, politics, and public health. Previously, she was a television producer for PBS’s Frontline and the CBS Evening News. She has twice won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia Journalism Award and a national Emmy; she is also a recipient of the 2020 Peabody Award.