Elizabeth Weissberg and Ella Jacobson

are a student in NYU's Literary Reportage MFA program and a freelance writer originally from Alaska, respectively. Elizabeth writes fiction and narrative non-fiction. Currently, she is working on a memoir about travel and grief. Ella's essays and non-fiction have appeared in Slate, The Guardian, and Real Life, among other publications. She is currently writing a memoir about the impact of causing an accidental death.