Speaker List

Type here to filter the list

Names Organization City State Country

Arizona
Hylton, Jake J. (he/him/his)
Executive Director
LOOKOUT News
Muchna, Mollie (she/her/hers)
Project Manager
Trusting News
California
Apeles, Teena (she/her/hers)
National Engagement Editor
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism
Barrow, Genoa (she/her/hers)
Senior Staff Writer
Sacramento Observer
Burke, Garance (she/her/hers)
Global Investigative Journalist
The Associated Press
Carlos, Erika (she/her/hers)
Editor-in-Chief
El Tecolote
Isgitt, Tim (he/him/his)
CEO
Public Media Company
Karimi, Faisal (he/him/his)
Founder and Director
Nowruz Media
LeVines, George (he/him/his)
Editor, Gun Violence Data Hub
The Trace
Delaware
Wagner, Benjamin (he/him/his)
Director of Community Development
Media Transformation Challenge
District of Columbia
Brown, Emily (she/her/hers)
Journalism Director
Microsoft
Evans, Thomas (he/him/his)
Editor in Chief
National Public Radio
JF

Franklin, Jonathan (he/him/his)
National Correspondent/Adjunct Professor
Freelance/Georgetown University
Garriss, Kirstin (she/her/hers)
PR & Communications Director
URL Collective Inc
Griffith-Greene, Megan (she/her/hers)
Faculty, Journalism Funding Ethics
The Poynter Institute
Kellett, Ryan Y. (he/him/his)
Co-founder
The Independent Journalism Atlas
Puckey, Tara (she/her/hers)
President and CEO
Radio Television Digital News Association
Saks, Lauren (she/her/hers)
Co-founder
LNI Media
Florida
MA

Arce, María (she/her/hers)
Education Program Manager
Documented
Mayer, Joy (she/her/hers)
Executive Director
Trusting News
Smodic, Alan
Customer Success Director, Media Accounts
WordPress VIP
Wellesley, Kristyn (she/her/hers)
Director - AI Governance and Initiatives | Senior Editor - Audience
MediaNews Group | Tribune Publishing
Illinois
Allen, Erin (she/her/hers)
Producer, host, reporter
Chicago Public Media & Wolf Point Media
Badami, Ashirwaad (he/him/his)
Senior Lecturer and Specialization Leader
Knight Lab
Baim, Tracy (she/her/hers)
Executive Director
Press Forward Chicago
Bose, Srishti
Research Associate
Local News Initiative
Brown, Matt A.
Founder and Publisher
Extra Points
Craddick, Mariah (she/her/hers)
Executive Director of Product
The Atlantic
Irshad, Ghazala (she/her/hers)
Style and Standards Editor
The Marshall Project
Kelly, Kimbriell
Editor in Chief
Chicago Public Media
JK

Kho, Jennifer (she/her/hers)
Consultant
Independent
Mendoza, Casey (she/her/hers)
Social Media Producer & Video Editor
Encyclopædia Britannica
Pupovac, Jessica (she/her/hers)
Founder
Wolf Point Media
MR

Reilley, Mike (he/him/his)
Data and Digital Journalism Professor
University of Illinois Chicago
Vazquez, Chris (he/him/his)
Social Video Journalist
Freelance
Indiana
GP

Pierre-Pierre, Garry (he/him/his)
Director of Partnerships
URL Media
Maryland
Gelman, Micah (he/him/his)
Co-founder
LNI Media
Mitchell, Doug (he/him/his)
Founder and Director
Next Gen Journalism
Massachusetts
Lacy, Adriana (she/her/hers)
Chief Executive Officer
Field Nine Group
Murphy, Meghan (she/her/hers)
Head of Programs
Online News Association
Michigan
Block, Dustin (he/him/his)
Director, Portfolio Growth
BlueLena
Fortman, Candice (she/her/hers)
Coach
Blue Engine Collaborative
Minnesota
Tu, Cynthia (she/her/hers)
Data Reporter & News Technology Specialist
Sahan Journal
Mississippi
Griffin, Kimberly (she/her/hers)
Consultant
Self
Missouri
Jorgenson, Dave (he/him/his)
Co-Founder
LNI Media
New Jersey
Graber, Vanessa Maria (she/her/hers)
Senior Director of Journalism and Media Education
Free Press
New York
Al-Hlou, Yousur
Investigative Visual Journalist
Freelance, Nieman Foundation at Harvard
Brezel, Aaron (he/him/his)
AI Engineering Fellow
ProPublica
Fillion, Rubina (she/her/hers)
Associate Editorial Director, A.I. Initiatives
The New York Times
Jeffers, Tess (she/her/hers)
Director of Newsroom Data and AI
The Wall Street Journal
Kalita, S. Mitra (she/her/hers)
CEO | Publisher
URL Media | Epicenter-NYC
VV

Vilk, Viktorya (she/her/hers)
Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America
North Carolina
Lee, Laura (she/her/hers)
Editorial Director
NC Local
Ohio
Goth, Meghan (she/her/hers)
Executive Editor
LINK Media
Ontario
Willms, Jessie (she/her/hers)
Co-founder
WTF is SEO?
Rhode Island
Warner, Fara (she/her/hers)
Executive Director
Metcalf Institute
Tennessee
AM

Martin, Adrienne Johnson (she/her/hers)
Co-Executive Director, Editorial
MLK50
Sherman, Amber (she/her/hers)
Policy Organizer
Freelance
Texas
Alvarado, Ashley (she/her/hers)
President & CEO
Texas Public Radio
Vermont
Riley Fernandez, Hannah (she/her/hers)
Director of Programming
The Center for Just Journalism
Virginia
Nelson, Liz Kelly (she/her/hers)
Founder
Project C
Washington
Guzmán, Mónica (she/her/hers)
Founder and CEO
Reclaim Curiosity
Kiser, Matt
Founder
What the Fuck Just Happened Today?