Speaker List

Editorial Director
NC Local

Deputy Editorial Director, A.I. Initiatives
The New York Times

Head of Digital Strategy and Coordination
The Associated Press

SEO for News Publishers & Audience Growth Consultant
Clara Soteras

Chief Executive Officer
Field Nine Group

AI Engineering Fellow
ProPublica

Senior Program Manager, Philanthropic Partnerships
The New York Times

Director of Programming
The Center for Just Journalism

Co-instigator
Wolf Point Media

Producer, host, reporter
Chicago Public Media & Wolf Point Media

Executive Director
Press Forward Chicago

Founder and Publisher
Extra Points

Executive Director of Product
The Atlantic

Co-Founder, Consulting Producer
Wolf Point Media

Style and Standards Editor
The Marshall Project

Editor in Chief
Chicago Public Media

Consultant
Independent

Social Media Producer & Video Editor
Encyclopædia Britannica

Audience Engagement Reporter
Borderless Magazine

Founder
Wolf Point Media

Social Video Journalist
Freelance

Executive in Residence
Blue Engine Collaborative

Senior Lecturer and Specialization Leader
Knight Lab

Knight Professor in Digital Media Strategy
Northwestern Medill

Director, Portfolio Growth
BlueLena

Founder/Editorial Director
Buffalo's Fire

Director of Partnerships
URL Media

Consultant
Self

Co-Founder
LNI Media

National Engagement Editor
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Executive Editor
LINK Media

Co-Executive Director, Editorial
MLK50

Editor-in-Chief
100 Days in Appalachia

Investigative Visual Journalist
Freelance, Nieman Foundation at Harvard

Head of Newsroom AI and Data
The Wall Street Journal

Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America

CEO | Publisher
URL Media | Epicenter-NYC

Data | Digital | AI Journalism Professor
University of Illinois Chicago

National Reporter
ABC News

Executive Director
Vita-Activa.Org

Director - AI Governance and Initiatives | Senior Editor - Audience
MediaNews Group | Tribune Publishing

Senior Director of Journalism and Media Education
Free Press

Executive Director
LOOKOUT News

Customer Success Director, Media Accounts
WordPress VIP

Founder
Project C

Founder and Director
Next Gen Journalism

Founder and Director
Nowruz Media

Senior Staff Writer
Sacramento Observer

Data Reporter & News Technology Specialist
Sahan Journal

Senior Director of Consulting
News Revenue Hub

President & CEO
Texas Public Radio

Global Investigative Journalist
The Associated Press

Editor-in-Chief
El Tecolote

Director of Innovation and AI
El Vocero de Puerto Rico

CEO
Public Media Company

Executive Director
Trusting News

Founder and CEO
Reclaim Curiosity

Founder
What the Fuck Just Happened Today?

Acting Deputy Editor for Politics/Foreign Policy
Reuters

Founder
Newsroom Robots Lab

Co-founder
WTF is SEO?

Project Manager
Trusting News

Journalism Director
Microsoft

Editor in Chief
National Public Radio

National Correspondent/Adjunct Professor
Freelance/Georgetown University

PR & Communications Director
URL Collective Inc

Faculty, Journalism Funding Ethics
The Poynter Institute

Co-founder
The Independent Journalism Atlas

Senior Researcher | Middle East and North Africa
Committee to Protect Journalists

President and CEO
Radio Television Digital News Association

Co-founder
LNI Media

Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Security Director
International Women Media Foundation

Director of Community Development
Media Transformation Challenge

Education Program Manager
Documented

VP and Editorial Tools
Reuters