Speakers’ Bios

Keynote Speakers:

• Richard Tofel, General Manager, ProPublica

• Steven Waldman, Senior Advisor to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and co-founder of beliefnet.com

Panelists:

• Patrick Barry, Smart Communities Program, Chicago LISC

• Christopher J. Davey, Director, Public Information, Ohio Supreme Court

• Kevin Davis, CEO and Executive Director, Investigative News Network

• Doug Haddix, Director, Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism, Ohio State University

• Richard Koci-Hernandez, Assistant Professor, New Media, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

• Renee Hobbs, Founding Director, Harrington School of Communication and Media, University of Rhode Island

• David Lat, Founder and Managing Editor, Above the Law

• Scott Lewis, CEO, voiceofsandiego.org

• Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor, Slate

• Michele McLellan, Founder, Block by Block: Community News Summit

• Mark Miller, Editor, The Texas Tribune

• Fiona Morgan, Research Fellow, Media Policy Initiative, New America Foundation

• Mayur Patel, Vice President, Strategy and Assessment, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

• Kristin Purcell, Associate Director for Research, Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

• Jan Schaffer, Executive Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, American University

• Ava Seave, Principal, Quantum Media, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Business School and Columbia Journalism School

• Paul Socolar, Editor and Director, Philadelphia Public School Notebook

• Talia Stroud, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Moderators:

• Paul Allen Beck, Distinguished Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State University

• Ann Fisher, Host and Executive Producer of All Sides with Ann Fisher, WOSU

• Nicole Kraft, Multimedia Writing Lecturer, School of Communications, The Ohio State University

• Michael McCluskey, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, The Ohio State University

• Erin Moriarty, 48 Hours Correspondent, CBS News

• Peter M. Shane, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University