Participants

Last Updated March 1, 2010

  • Jonathan Aiken, Director, Media Relations, American Red Cross
  • Susan Amat, The Launch Pad
  • Phyllis Aqui
  • Marco Argenti, Nokia
  • Chris Ariens, Editorial Director, mediabistro.com
  • Zita Arocha, Associate Director, Sam Donaldson Center/UTEP
  • Jabari Asim, Editor-in-Chief, Crisis Magazine
  • Ros Atkins, BBC’s World Have Your Say
  • Josie Barnett
  • Jim Barnett, Senior Strategy, AARP
  • Jim Batzelle,Florida Chief of Burea, AP
  • Samantha Beinhacker, Urban Collective/Freeport Entertainment
  • Jeff Beller
  • Lori Bergen, Dean, Marquette University, Diederich College of Communication
  • Ben Berkowitz, Founder, SeeClickFix
  • Laura Blackbrne, Chair, Crisis Magazine
  • Heidi Boisvert, Multimedia Manager, Breakthrough
  • Ely Bonder, Founder, Les Medias Emage-Media.com
  • Stowe Boyd, Author, /Message
  • Brian Breslin, CEO, Infinimedia, Inc
  • Vic Bulluck, NAACP Hollywood Bureau
  • Allyson Burns, Director, Communications, The Case Foundation
  • Dean Cappello, Chief Creative Officer, WNYC Radio
  • Bridget Carey, Technology Reporter, The Miami Herald
  • Jennifer Carroll, VP/New Media Content, Gannett Co., Inc.
  • Christine Casas, University of Miami
  • Susan Caumont
  • Farai Chideya, Founder, Pop and Politics
  • Donna Choi, Online Community Manager, National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC)
  • Morgan Church, Director, PRI
  • Jessica Clark, Director,Future of Public Media project, Center for Social Media
  • Jacob Colker, Founder, The Extraordinaries
  • Tom Curley, President and CEO, The Associated Press
  • Phil Daquila, Success Story Videos
  • Marlene Davis, Manager – Media Integration Gleaner Company
  • James Davis, Manager of Digital Communications, Gibraltar Associates
  • Stephane de Messieres, Executive Director, Citizens Market
  • Martha Diaz, Founder/Director, Hip-Hop Education Center
  • Alan Diaz, staff photographer, Associated Press
  • Farah Dosani
  • Cynthia Drayton, Senior Changemaker, Ashokah’s Changemakers
  • Paula Easton, Sr Director Marketing and Business Development, Allvoices, Inc.
  • Willis Edwards
  • Mark Effron, WNYC Radio
  • Seth Eliot, Partner, Apheleon
  • Armand Emamdjomeh, Assistant Editor, Mission Loc@l
  • Lee Epstein, CEO, Oozil
  • Cammie Erickson, Partnerships Team, Ashokah’s Changemakers
  • Jose Espinal, COO, SOMOSTV
  • Linda Fantin, Director, Public Insight Journalism, Minnesota Public Radio
  • Mark Fest, Vice President, Communications, Knight Foundation
  • Scott Fox, Chairman & CEO, Global View Partners
  • Rebecca Fox, Chief of Staff to the President, University of Miami
  • Dany Garcia, Chairwoman, White Buffalo Entertainment
  • Jean-Yves Gatete, Chairman, Burundian Youth for Peacebuilding and Young Refugees Integration
  • Lisa Gibbs
  • Stuart Goffman, President, MyAdvisorTV
  • Jessica Goldfin
  • Barbara Gonzalez, UM-RSMAS, Communications
  • Richard Graves, Director, Fired Up Media
  • Dan Grech, News Director, WLRN Miami Herald Reporter
  • Sonya Grier, Associate Professor, American University
  • Barbara Gutierrez, Media Relations Officer, University of Miami
  • Andrew Haeg, Senior Producer, Center for Innovation in Journalism @ American Public Media
  • Don Heider, Dean, Loyola University Chicago
  • Scott Hennen, President/CEO, Great Plains Integrated Marketing
  • Rick Hirsch, Managing Editor/Multimedia, The Miami Herald
  • John Hockenberry, Host, The Takeaway, WNYC Radio
  • Samuel Hollander, Managing Director, Concept One International LLC
  • Alberto Ibarguen, President & CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  • Ben Ilfeld, Co-Founder, Sacramento Press
  • Matt Jacobson, LaunchBox Digital
  • Ben Jealous, President and CEO, NAACP
  • Alessandra Jachum, Blitz Bazaar
  • Jacquie Jones, Executive Director, National Black Programming Consortium
  • Richard Karpel, American Society of News Editors
  • Gary Kebbel, Journalism Program Director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  • Jim Kennedy, VP Strategy, AP
  • Tom Kennedy
  • Paula Kerger, President and CEO, PBS
  • Roshani Kothari
  • Beth Laing, We Media
  • Joe Lawrence, BBC
  • Felix Leander, Manager, Digital Strategy Latin America, Burson-Marsteller
  • Maria del los Angeles Lemus, Columnist, Miami New Times
  • Greg Linch, Producer, Publish2
  • Brooks Lindsay
  • Heather Maclean
  • Amanda Martinez, Assistant Editor, Mission Loc@l
  • Sibyl Masquelier, President, Mediahunter.com
  • David Mathison, President, Be The Media
  • Suzanne McBride, Associate Chair, Journalism Department, Columbia College Chicago
  • Lauren McCullough, Manager, Social Networks and News Engagement, The Associated Press
  • Ed McCullough, Director of Spanish Services, The Associated Press
  • Mark McDonald, Program Director, WAMU Washington
  • Jane McDonnell, Executive Director, Online News Association
  • Nuala Mcgovern, BBC
  • Andrea McGrath
  • Alex Mezey, Banyan Project
  • Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery
  • Ellen Miller, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Sunlight Foundation
  • Bill Mitchell, Editor of Poynter Online, The Poynter Institute
  • Corinna Moebius, President/CEO, Bordercross
  • Matthew Montag
  • Michelle Morgante, Florida Assistant Chief of Bureau, AP
  • Sharon Moshavi, Senior Director, New Initiatives, International Center for Journalists
  • Colin Mutchler, Founder, LoudSauce
  • Andrew Nachison, Founder, We Media
  • Joe Natoli, Sr. VP for Business and Finance, University of Miami
  • Eric Newton, Vice President, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
  • Lloyd Nimetz
  • Mike Norman, MIT
  • Joshua Okomo, Designate CEO, AfricaAgriExport e Newsletter
  • Eric Oliver, NAACP
  • Patrice O’Neill, Executive Producer, Not In Our Town
  • Lanita Pace-Hinton, Director of Multimedia and Technology Training, Knight Digital Media Center
  • Sameer Padania, Hub Manager, WITNESS
  • Gloria Pan, Vice President Internet Communications, Turner Strategies
  • Mayur Patel, Knight Foundation
  • Sheetal Parmar, BBC
  • Mayur Patel, Knight Foundation
  • Erin Patton, Founder and Principal, The Mastermind Group
  • Andrew Pergam, Editorial Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
  • Dale Peskin, Founder and Knowledge Officer, We Media/iFOCOS
  • Mary Peskin, Associate Director, American Press Institute
  • Mark Pfeifle, S4 Inc.
  • Mathilde Piard, Social Media Manager, Cox Media Group Digital
  • Illan Poreh, Founder and Chairman, EcQuant
  • Meredith Porte, Producer/Host, WLRN Public Television
  • Vikki Porter, Director, Knight New Media Center, USC Annenberg School for Communication
  • Juliette Powell, Author, 33 Million People in a Room
  • Robert Quigley
  • Lau Rabjerg-Eriksen, News Editor, Deputy Manager, Danish Broadcasting
  • Francois Ragnet, Global Director of Innovation, Xerox Global Services
  • Byron Reese, Chief Innovation Officer, Demand Media
  • Jane Regan, Communications Director, U.S. Public Interest Research Group
  • Ulrike Reinhard
  • Guillermo Riera, Director, We Media Buenos Aires
  • Kelly Rigg, TCKTCKTCK
  • Anna Rodriguez, EcQuant
  • Steven Rosenbaum, Magnify.net
  • Bob Ross, President & CEO, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation
  • Jeff Roush
  • Richard Sambrook, Director, Global News, BBC
  • Mark Sandell, BBC
  • Mark Sauter
  • Terri Scandura, Dean of the Graduate School, University of Miami
  • Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
  • Matt Sedensky, Reporter, The Associated Press
  • Kay Shaw, Director, Public Media Corps, National Black Programming Consortium
  • Andrew Sherry, Senior Vice President, Online Communications, Center for American Progress
  • Maria Shojaee
  • Trabian Shorters, Vice President – Communities, The John S. James L. Knight Foundation
  • Micah Sifry, Editor, Personal Democracy
  • Jayme Sirotsky, Chairman Emeritus, RBS Group
  • Michael Smith, VP, Social Innovation, The Case Foundation
  • David Smith-Soto, Professor, UTEP
  • Lucas Sommer, Founder, Audimated.com
  • Terry Spencer, Florida News Editor, AP
  • Tom Stites, Founder and Moderator, Banyan Project
  • Michael Stoll, Executive Director, SF Public Press
  • C. Renzi Stone, CEO, SaxumPR
  • Amy Tardif, WGCU
  • Krupa Thakrar, BBC
  • Krista Thomas,VP Marketing & Communcations, OpenCalais, Thompson Reuters
  • Reggie Thomas, Director of Advertising, The Crisis Magazine
  • Maxim Thorne, Senior Vice President and Chief Development and Communications Officer, NAACP
  • Lori Todd, Online Community Manager, Knight Foundation
  • Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix
  • Lloyd Trufelman, CEO, Trylon SMR
  • Suzanne Turner, President, Turner Strategies
  • Nonso Ugbode, Director of Digital Media, National Black Programming Consortium
  • Tracy Van Slyke, Director, The Media Consortium
  • Steven VanRoekel, Managing Director, FCC
  • Carlos Villalobos, Business Development Manager, BBC World Service
  • Silvia Vinas, Writer, Global Voices
  • Wadooah Wali, Senior Director, Communications, Demand Media
  • Laura Walker, President & CEO, WNYC
  • Alan Webber, Author, Rules of Thumb, and Founder, Fast Co. Magazine
  • William Weiss, Chairman & CEO, The Promar Group, LLC
  • Diana Wells, President, Ashoka Innovators for the Public
  • Alexandra Wharton, VP, Marketing and Community, Newsy.com
  • Roger Wilkins, Publisher, Crisis Magazine
  • Josh Wilson, Publisher, Independent Arts & Media/Newsdesk.org
  • Margot Winick, AVP, Media Relations & Multimedia, University of Miami
  • Melinda Wittstock, Executive Director, Capitol News Connection – Pundit Productions Inc
  • Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair columnist and founder, Newser
  • Robert Yunk, Director, Online Communications, University of Miami
  • Jose Zamora