Speaker List

Editor-in-Chief
100 Days in Appalachia

National Reporter
ABC News

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Aegis Safety Alliance

Technology Lead, Product & AI Studio
American Journalism Project

Assistant Editor, Creator Spotlight
beehiiv

Co-Executive Editor and Co-Founder
Block Club Chicago

Executive in Residence
Blue Engine Collaborative

Director, Portfolio Growth
BlueLena

Bilingual Deputy Editor
Borderless Magazine

Audience Engagement Reporter
Borderless Magazine

Cofounder & Executive Director
Borderless Magazine

Founder and Creator Journalist
Bottom Up Media

Program Coordinator - Debate Team
Braver Angels

Founder/Editorial Director
Buffalo's Fire

Chief Impact Officer
CalMatters & The Markup

Executive Director
Center for News, Technology & Innovation

Editor in Chief
Chicago Public Media

Chief Product & Membership Officer
Chicago Public Media

Archivist
Chicago Public Media

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

Digital Editor
Cicero Independiente

Director of Product
City Bureau/Documenters

SEO for News Publishers & Audience Growth Consultant
Clara Soteras

Director of AI Innovation
CNN

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

Group President, Crain City Brands and Publisher
Crain's Chicago Business

Lead Editor
Creator Spotlight

Partner
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Managing Associate
Dentons US

Education Program Manager
Documented

Chief Product Officer
Documented NY

Editor-in-Chief
El Tecolote

Director of Innovation and AI
El Vocero de Puerto Rico

Social Media Producer & Video Editor
Encyclopædia Britannica

Founder and Publisher
Extra Points

Chief Executive Officer
Field Nine Group

The Composition Collective
Founding Partner

Senior Director of Journalism and Media Education
Free Press

Civic Media Organizing Manager
Free Press

Program Manager, Digital Security
Freedom of the Press Foundation

investigative journalist
freelance

Policy Organizer
Freelance

Social Video Journalist
Freelance

Investigative Visual Journalist
Freelance, Nieman Foundation at Harvard

National Correspondent/Adjunct Professor
Freelance/Georgetown University

Business Analyst
Google News Initiative

Founder
GroundTruth

Founder
Hybrid Media Stack

Consultant
Independent

Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist
Independent

Co-founder
Independent Journalism Atlas

Security Director
International Women Media Foundation

Program Coordinator
International Women’s Media Foundation

Director of Public Strategy
Invisible Institute

Program Officer
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Journalism Program Associate
Knight Foundation

Senior Lecturer and Specialization Leader
Knight Lab

Executive Director
Knight Lab

Postdoctoral Scholar, Generative AI in the Newsroom Initiative
Knight Lab

Senior Engagement Platforms Producer
KQED

Executive Editor
LINK Media

Co-founder
LNI Media

Co-Founder
LNI Media

Co-founder
LNI Media

Executive Director
LOOKOUT News

Deputy Director of External Affairs
Media Impact Funders

Strategy Coach
Media Transformation Challenge

Director of Community Development
Media Transformation Challenge

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

Journalism Director
Microsoft

Co-Executive Director, Editorial
MLK50

Editor in Chief
National Public Radio

Social Lead
NBC News

Editorial Director
NC Local

Senior Director of Consulting
News Revenue Hub

Director of Product & Insights
News Revenue Hub

Founder
Newsroom Robots Lab

Founder and Director
Next Gen Journalism

Knight Professor in Digital Media Strategy
Northwestern Medill

Interim Executive Director, Local News Initiative
Northwestern Medill

Founder and Director
Nowruz Media

Women's Leadership Accelerator Coordinator
Online News Association

Community Impact Facilitator
Online News Association

Head of Programs
Online News Association

Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America

Director of MediaWise
Poynter Institute

Executive Director
Press Forward Chicago

Founder
Project C

Deputy Director of Pro Bono Partnerships
ProJourn/Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

AI Engineering Fellow
ProPublica

Chief Product and Brand Officer
ProPublica

CEO
Public Media Company

President and CEO
Radio Television Digital News Association

Founder and CEO
Reclaim Curiosity

News Partnerships Lead
reddit

Staff Attorney
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Founder
Resistance Studies Series

VP and Editorial Tools
Reuters

Global Editor, AI Development and Integration
Reuters

Global Editor, Newsroom AI and Finance
Reuters

Digital News Producer
Reuters

Acting Deputy Editor for Politics/Foreign Policy
Reuters

Senior Staff Writer
Sacramento Observer

Data Reporter & News Technology Specialist
Sahan Journal

Consultant
Self

Journalist/Editor
Self-employed

President & CEO
Texas Public Radio

Global Investigative Journalist
The Associated Press

Head of Digital Strategy and Coordination
The Associated Press

Director, Archives and Rights Management
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Executive Director of Product
The Atlantic

Director of Programming
The Center for Just Journalism

Deputy Audience Editor, Social
The Dallas Morning News

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Co-founder
The Independent Journalism Atlas

Executive Director
The Institute for Independent Journalists

Head of National Programs
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

Style and Standards Editor
The Marshall Project

Staff Writer
The Marshall Project

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

A.I. Projects Editor
The New York Times

Senior Program Manager, Philanthropic Partnerships
The New York Times

Faculty, Journalism Funding Ethics
The Poynter Institute

Assistant Editor, Gun Violence Data Hub
The Trace

Senior Reporter
The Triibe

Founder and Executive Director
The Video Consortium

Head of Newsroom AI and Data
The Wall Street Journal

Director, Talent Lab
The Wall Street Journal

President, Creator Network
The Washington Post

Membership Director
Tiny News Collective

Executive Director
Trusting News

Project Manager
Trusting News

Researcher
Truthout

Data | Digital | AI Journalism Professor
University of Illinois Chicago

PR & Communications Director
URL Collective Inc

Director of Partnerships
URL Media

CEO | Publisher
URL Media | Epicenter-NYC

CEO & President
URL Media | WURD Radio

Audience Editor
USA TODAY

National Engagement Editor
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Founding Director
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Executive Director
Vita-Activa.Org

Reporter
WBEZ Chicago

Host, In the Loop with Sasha-Ann Simons
WBEZ Chicago

Founder
What the Fuck Just Happened Today?

State Bureau Chief
Wisconsin Watch

Co-instigator
Wolf Point Media

Co-Founder, Consulting Producer
Wolf Point Media

Founder
Wolf Point Media

Customer Success Director, Media Accounts
WordPress VIP

Co-Founder
WTF is SEO?

Co-founder
WTF is SEO?