Speaker List

Chief Product Officer
News Product Alliance

Investigative Visual Journalist
Freelance, Nieman Foundation at Harvard

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

President & CEO
Texas Public Radio

Technology Lead, Product & AI Studio
American Journalism Project

National Engagement Editor
USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

Education Program Manager
Documented

Senior Lecturer and Specialization Leader
Knight Lab

Executive Director
Press Forward Chicago

Co-founder
Independent Journalism Atlas

Senior Staff Writer
Sacramento Observer

Co-Founder
WTF is SEO?

Journalism Program Associate
Knight Foundation

Director, Portfolio Growth
BlueLena

Research Associate
Local News Initiative

AI Engineering Fellow
ProPublica

Journalism Director
Microsoft

Founder and Publisher
Extra Points

Global Investigative Journalist
The Associated Press

Editor-in-Chief
El Tecolote

Editor-in-Chief
100 Days in Appalachia

Director of Audience Engagement
Crain’s City Brands

Executive Director of Product
The Atlantic

State Bureau Chief
Wisconsin Watch

Membership Director
Tiny News Collective

Program Manager
International Women’s Media Foundation

Founder and Executive Director
The Video Consortium

Editor in Chief
National Public Radio

Chief Product and Brand Officer
ProPublica

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

Deputy Editor
Borderless Magazine

Coach
Blue Engine Collaborative

National Correspondent/Adjunct Professor
Freelance/Georgetown University

Senior Machine-Learning Engineer, A.I. Initiatives
The New York Times

investigative journalist
freelance

PR & Communications Director
URL Collective Inc

Co-founder
LNI Media

Executive Director
Knight Lab

Knight Professor in Digital Media Strategy
Northwestern Medill

President, Creator Network
The Washington Post

Executive Editor
LINK Media

Senior Director of Journalism and Media Education
Free Press

Consultant
Self

Faculty, Journalism Funding Ethics
The Poynter Institute

Founder and CEO
Reclaim Curiosity

Postdoctoral Scholar, Generative AI in the Newsroom Initiative
Knight Lab

Senior Digital Security Trainer
Freedom of the Press Foundation

Executive Director
LOOKOUT News

Style and Standards Editor
The Marshall Project

CEO
Public Media Company

Director of Newsroom Data and AI
The Wall Street Journal

Founder and Creator Journalist
Bottom Up Media

Co-Founder
LNI Media

CEO | Publisher
URL Media | Epicenter-NYC

Founder and Director
Nowruz Media

Co-founder
The Independent Journalism Atlas

Editor in Chief
Chicago Public Media

Consultant
Independent

Founder
What the Fuck Just Happened Today?

Director of Product
City Bureau/Documenters

Chief Executive Officer
Field Nine Group

Staff Writer
The Marshall Project

Editorial Director
NC Local

Founding Director
Center for Health Journalism

Editor, Gun Violence Data Hub
The Trace

Author and Founder
The Institute for Independent Journalists

Head of National Programs
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

Program Manager
Freedom of the Press Foundation

Women's Leadership Accelerator Coordinator
Online News Association

Director of MediaWise
Poynter Institute

Co-Executive Director, Editorial
MLK50

Executive Director
Trusting News

Social Media Producer & Video Editor
Encyclopædia Britannica

Executive Director
Center for News, Technology & Innovation

Founder and Director
Next Gen Journalism

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Aegis Safety Alliance

Project Manager
Trusting News

Head of Programs
Online News Association

Founder
Project C

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Assistant Editor, Creator Spotlight
beehiiv

Justice Reporter
ABC News

Audience Engagement Reporter
Borderless Magazine

Director of Partnerships
URL Media

Chief Product & Membership Officer
Chicago Public Media

Award-Winning Multimedia Journalist
Independent

President and CEO
Radio Television Digital News Association

Founder
Wolf Point Media

Founder/Editorial Director
Buffalo's Fire

Data and Digital Journalism Professor
University of Illinois Chicago

Cofounder & Executive Editor
Borderless Magazine

Director of Programming
The Center for Just Journalism

Chief Product Officer
Documented NY

Co-Executive Editor and Co-Founder
Block Club Chicago

Co-founder
LNI Media

Civic Media Organizing Manager
Free Press

Strategy Coach
Media Transformation Challenge

Director, Archives and Rights Management
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Reporter
WBEZ Chicago

Founder
GroundTruth

Policy Organizer
Freelance

Director, Talent Lab
The Wall Street Journal

Customer Success Director, Media Accounts
WordPress VIP

SEO for News Publishers & Audience Growth Consultant
Clara Soteras

Director of AI Innovation
CNN

Executive Producer
AJ+

Archivist
Chicago Public Media

Data Reporter & News Technology Specialist
Sahan Journal

Social Video Journalist
Freelance

Innovation and AI Manager
El Vocero de Puerto Rico

Program Officer
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America

Researcher
Truthout

Director of Community Development
Media Transformation Challenge

Executive Director
Metcalf Institute

Interim Executive Director, Local News Initiative
Northwestern Medill

Chief Impact Officer
CalMatters & The Markup

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

Co-founder
WTF is SEO?

Lead Editor
Creator Spotlight