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Circulation: Enhance single-copy success by figuring out and delivering what retailers want
In one important sense, single-copy retailers are no different than other media consumers: they want what THEY want, not necessarily what the newspaper industry wants them to have. Some observations from the retailers' panel at API's seminar .
By Elaine Clisham | February 10, 2006

First Amendment / Free Speech: Drawing fire and blood: free speech and religion
Words are powerful. But when it comes to the power to provoke or incite, nothing compares to images. When those images depict religious matters, especially in a critical way, the results are neither predictable nor, in some instances, containable.
By Paul K. McMasters | February 10, 2006

Training Tracks: We need to re-educate our gut
Newspaper people learn early to trust our "gut feeling." Your gut often proves right in covering a news story or operating a newspaper in the traditional market. Your gut, of course, is just the voice of experience. When it comes...
By Steve Buttry | February 10, 2006

Training Tracks: Newspaper Next: Important jobs to do
A message of hope from the Newspaper Next Symposium: Those non-readers that we don't cater to represent a huge market with jobs we can do for them.
By Steve Buttry | February 09, 2006

Leadership Tips: Seeking lessons for new editors
API would like your help for a seminar we are presenting in late March called the New Editors' Survival Guide. We are excited about the lineup of discussion leaders we will bring here to Reston for the seminar, which is...
By Steve Buttry | February 01, 2006

First Amendment / Free Speech: No place to hide: Privacy invasion and censorship
Most Americans are always ready to tick off any number of reasons they value their privacy. One of the most important reasons does not come quickly to mind, however, and that is how important personal privacy is to freedom of expression.
By Paul K. McMasters | January 31, 2006

Writing Tips: A rant on negative writing
I love a good rant. Bob Baker goes on a nice one here in the latest entry in his Newsthinking web site, "Don't tell me what it's not, tell me what it IS." I love persistence, too. And I can't...
By Steve Buttry | January 25, 2006

Leadership Tips: Storytelling, etc.
If you and your staff still think mostly in terms of telling stories with ink on paper, I encourage you to explore "The Elements of Digital Storytelling" by Nora Paul and Christina Fiebich at the Institute for New Media Studies....
By Steve Buttry | January 25, 2006

Training Tracks: A week of stretching our story muscles
Journalists in Compelling Storytelling Innovations spent an eye-opening week examining different ways to tell stories.
By Steve Buttry | January 20, 2006

Writing Tips: Writing about abortion
I call to your attention this piece by Stephanie Simon of the Los Angeles Times, which gives a detailed look at the issue of abortion through a doctor who has performed 20,000 abortions and the women who visit his clinic....
By Steve Buttry | January 11, 2006

Writing Tips: Two good pieces on the mine disaster
I have been too busy to write a column myself on the misreporting of the non-miracle in the West Virginia mine. But I want to call your attention to one of the best things I've read about the journalism issues...
By Steve Buttry | January 10, 2006

Training Tracks: Never say no for someone else
Don't presume you won't get that interview, story assignment, fellowship or job that you want. Ask. Presume that the answer will be yes.
By Steve Buttry | January 09, 2006

Writing Tips: Above the Fold
Check out the most recent issue of Above the Fold, the newsletter on writing and editing that Laurie Hertzel produces for the Star Tribune newsroom in Minneapolis. Laurie's "Scenes: The backbone of narrative" piece This is actually the second of...
By Steve Buttry | January 05, 2006

Training Tracks: News in the news business isn't all grim
Amid lots of sour news in 2005, here are developments, organizations and people who give cause for hope.
By Steve Buttry | December 30, 2005

Writing Tips: New blog on language
Man, you should have seen all the auto-replies I got when I just sent out a leadership tips note. Good thing I didn't set up my own holiday auto-reply first or they would have been replying to each other...
By Steve Buttry | December 21, 2005

Leadership Tips: Custom-Tailored Time Management
I haven't sent out any leadership tips notes for a while and wanted to send one off this way, along with my best wishes for a happy holiday season. If you have trouble managing your time (and if I...
By Steve Buttry | December 21, 2005

Training Tracks: Unnamed sources should have unpublished opinions
We've seen some excellent examples recently of the kinds of important stories that journalists couldn't tell without using confidential sources. Unfortunately, we also see stories that let unnamed and unaccountable sources snipe and spin.
By Steve Buttry | December 19, 2005

First Amendment / Free Speech: Too much secrecy is a challenge to justice
Because nearly every matter of consequence and controversy in our society eventually winds up in court, Americans have a vital interest in staying informed about how well justice is delivered.
By Paul K. McMasters | December 16, 2005

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BusinessJournalism.org

From our Editors: Reporters Dig Deep into the Barrel of Oil Profits
With oil companies guzzling record-high profits, business reporters are putting the numbers - and industry spin - into perspective for their readers. Following record prices at the pump before and after the devastation wreaked by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, price...
By Kevin Sweeney | February 10, 2006

Job Listings: Job Listings
In the market for a new reporting or editing job? Scroll the list of current business openings courtesy of JournalismJobs.com. Select a state or location to search for business-related positions:Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California |...
By Reynolds Center Staff | February 10, 2006

From our Editors: Enron Trial Offers Plethora of Coverage Angles
Constant news flowing out of the trial of former Enron executives Ken Lay and Jeff Skilling has kept business reporters on high alert.
By Kevin Sweeney | February 01, 2006

From our Editors: Reporters Put Greenspan Legacy into Context
Business reporters are running down their list of superlatives in describing the stature of Alan Greenspan, who steps down today as Federal Reserve chairman after nearly 20 years.
By Vandana Sinha | January 31, 2006

From our Editors: Disney, Pixar Give Marriage Second Chance
Many merging and acquired companies like to tell the story about their corporate union as the fairy tale come true.
By Vandana Sinha | January 30, 2006

Magazine Watch: Magazines Offer Investor Guide to 2006
For all those who resolved to improve their financial situation this year, several magazines this month offer guidance on what investors need to be doing as 2006 kicks off.
By Jennifer Hopfinger | January 30, 2006

The Economy: INSEAD Seminar Brings the World of Business Home
Observations from attending the business journalists seminar of the INSEAD international business school held Jan. 8- 12 in Fontainebleau, France.
By Delawese Fulton | January 24, 2006

Ethics: Survey Highlights Ethical Concerns in the Newsroom
A recent survey by the American Society of Business Publication Editors raised some serious questions about the ethical standards in the business-to-business publishing field.
By Kevin Sweeney | January 23, 2006

Personal Finance: Put the Person back into Personal Finance Stories
Not every story can be a money makeover, but you definitely can boost your readership and better drive home your points if you include more real people in every story.
By Liz Pulliam Weston | January 23, 2006

 

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Seminar Spotlight

Heloise Syndicated Columnist/Author Luba Abrams Brand Director, Giant of Maryland Session: Reality Check: Advertiser Roundtable Allan Ackerman Managing Director, RNW Consulting, Evanston, IL Carson Ackroyd Director of Advertising, The Calgary Sun Session: Great Ideas Exchange! Shelley Acoca Reader Exchange Editor, The Miami Herald Todd Adams Senior Vice President/CFO, Journal-Sentinel Inc., Milwaukee, WI Session: "The Fundamentals of Finance." Demystifying the jargon and understanding various financial statements; how department performance is judged, how the various metrics impact the bottom line. Gretchen Adams Media Director, Ritz Camera Session: Reality Check: Advertiser Roundtable Dan Adams Vice President, Itz Publishing Chris Ahearn President, Reuters Media Steve Alexander Senior Vice President/Circulation, Star Tribune, Minneapolis Andy Alexander Washington Bureau Chief, Cox Newspapers Lex Alexander Citizen Media Editor, Greensboro News-Record Will Alford Prototype Design Manager, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Rafat Ali Editor and Publisher, ContentNext Brian Alvey co-founder and developer, Weblogs, Inc. Network Eli Amdur Executive Coach and Adjunct Professor, Fairleigh Dickinson University Akwe Amosu Senior Policy Analyst for Africa, Open Society Policy Center Walter Anderson Chairman and CEO, Parade Publications Chris Anderson Editor-in-Chief, Wired magazine Richard Anderson Chief Executive Officer, VillageSoup Caesar Andrews Editor, Gannett News Service Paul Anger Vice President & Editor, Detroit Free Press Susan Angulo, Ph. D. Assistant Vice President, St. Thomas University Bruce Annan Analyst and Consultant, Classified Intelligence, LLC John Annis Circulation Sales and Marketing Manager, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Scott Anthony Partner, Innosight Joe Antle Vice President/Sales & Marketing, Media General Inc. Leonard M. Apcar Editor in Chief, NYTimes.com Charles Apple Graphics Director, The Virginian-Pilot Nikesh Arora VP of European Operations, Google Nihal Arthanayake DJ, Musician & Music Journalist Jorge Ayala General Manager, El Diario La Prensa Anantha Babbili Dean, Middle Tennessee State University Gilles Babinet Chairman & Co-Founder, Musiwave Theresa Badovich Creative Director, The Times of Northwest Indiana Gilbert Bailon Publisher and Editor, Al Dia (Published by The Dallas Morning News) Bill Baird President, Baird Direct Marketing, Norwalk, CT Timothy Balding Chief Executive Officer, World Association of Newspapers Kevin Bankston Attorney, Equal Justice Works; Bruce J. Ennis Fellow, Electronic Frontier Foundation Tony Barbieri Former managing editor, The Baltimore Sun Nancy Barnes Deputy Managing Editor, Star Tribune Ed Baron President, Ed Baron & Associates, Inc. Tanya Maria Barrientos Coach and Columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer Cate Barron Managing Editor, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA Mark L. Barry Director of Circulation and Marketing, The Day Publishing Company Steve Barth Senior Vice President, MediaSpan Online Sherry Brown Barton API Seminar Associate; Principal, EIS, Reston, Virginia Bill Bass Vice President and General Manager, Sears Customer Direct and Senior Vice President E-Commerce, Lands’ End Tom Bates Vice President, Cox Search, & General Manager, Kudzu.com Randell Beck Executive Editor, Argus Leader Angela Beesley Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees & Editor Leigh Behrens Online Director, The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, CA Kathy Beitler Managing Director, Belden Associates Jeffrey K. Belk Senior Vice President, Marketing QUALCOMM Richard Bell Vice President/Circulation, The Des Moines Register John H. Bell Managing Director/Executive Creative Director, Creative Studio, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Session: What you can learn from advertising agencies: How to get the right message to the right audience at the right time. Jerry Bellune Editor/Owner, Lexington County (SC) Chronicle Mike Benard Former VP Communications & Public Affairs, Kodak Lily Benavides Senior Consultant, Integral Talent Systems Inc. Ralph Bender CFO, The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA Session: Fundamentals of Finance: How to understand financial and managerial accounting terminology, evaluate financial performance and analyze financial statements. Ralph Bender CFO, Manship Media Group, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Amanda Bennett Editor and Executive Vice President, The Philadelphia Inquirer Lehman Benson III, Ph.D. The McCoy/Rogers Fellow and Associate Professor of Management, Eller College of Management, The University of Arizona Michael Bentley Business Development Manager, Boston.com Robert Benz General Manager/Interactive Media - Newspapers, E.W. Scripps Jeff Bergin Director of Advertising/Newspaper Division, Gannett Session: Leading the Classified Department of Tomorrow Sam Berlow General Manager, The Font Bureau, Inc. Tony Bernados Classified Multimedia Director, Augusta Chronicle/Morris Communications Jose A. Berrios Vice President/Leadership Deveopment & Diversity, Gannett Company, Inc. Carla Berry Retail Category Manager, Philadelphia Inquirer & Daily News Dean Betz Content Director, Houston Chronicle Rohit Bhargava Vice President/Interactive Marketing, Ogilvy Public Relations Peter Bhatia Executive Editor, The Oregonian Session: Ethics and Credibility Kamla Bhatt Kamla Bhatt Show Mary Lynn Billitteri Associate Director/Seminar Moderator, American Press Institute Pete Blackshaw Chief Marketing Officer, Intelliseek; Co-Founder, WOMMA Mike Blinder President, Multimedia Sales Specialists, The Blinder Group Brad Blumberg CEO, Smarter Agent Helen Boaden Director, BBC News Shane Boel Director of Audience Development, The WashingtonTimes John Boland Executive Vice President and Chief Content Officer, KQED Public Broadcasting Dr. Dede Bonner President, New Century Management, Inc. Gordon Borrell President & CEO, Borrell Associates Session: Online Market Potential; Online Revenue Opportunities; Structuring the Online Sales Force Session: Online Market Potential and Opportunities Jon Bostrom Senior director of Java in Technology Platforms, Nokia Cathy Boucek Producer/Editor, CanWest Interactive Adriaan L Bouten VP Business Development and Technology, USATODAY.com Mark R. Bowden National Correspondent, Atlantic Monthly; Author, Blackhawk Down Kristi Bowden Assistant Managing Editor for Recruiting, Training, Labor Relations and Diversity, The Detroit News Bobbi Bowman Diversity Director, Amerian Society of Newspaper Editors Session: “Covering the New America:” Learn how immigration is reshaping the nation and get ideas and tools for covering this emerging story of the 21st century. Shayne Bowman Principal, Hypergene Media Solutions Aviva Boxer Go Editor, The Hamilton Spectator Tracy Boyer Multimedia Producer, UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. R. Bruce Bradley President, Landmark Publishing Group Jim Brady Vice President & Executive Editor, washingtonpost.com David Brain President & CEO, Edelman, Europe Hunter Bretzius Editor-in Chief, The Gaston Gazette (Gastonia, NC) Laurence Bricker Co-founder and VP of Strategy and Experience Design, Popular Front Interactive Communications Mark Briggs Editor, thenewstribune.com George Brock Saturday Editor, The Times; President, World Editors Forum Jay Brodsky Director, Digital Media, NPR Online Vince Broerman Managing Partner, Zebra Mobile Stephen Bromberg Executive Editor, Foxnews.com Merrill Brown Founder & Principal, MMB Media LLC Jean Marie Brown Managing Editor/Eastern Tarrant County, Forth Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram Marc Brown Co-Founder, President, Buzznet Inc. Sherry Brown Barton Principal, EIS, Reston, VA Session: "Developing Personal Authority" - Understanding the difference between authority and power, and how to earn the respect of staff and peers. Antony Bruno Senior Writer - Digital, Billboard Magazine Matthew Buckland Publisher, Mail & Guardian Online Neil Budde Director of News, Yahoo! Inc. Tom Burgess CEO, Third Screen Media Noel Burkman Director of Digital Transformation, American Press Institute David Burnham Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse Brad Burnham Partner, Union Square Ventures Daniel Burrus CEO, Burrus Research Associates, Inc. Bonita Burton Assistant Managing Editor/Visuals, Orlando Sentinel Session: "Makeover for Geeky Business Pages": Learn innovative design strategies that you can use to attract readers. Aida Bustos-Garcia Director, Enlace, published by the San Diego Union-Tribune Steve Buttry Information Content Conductor, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Yvette Cabrera Latino Coverage, The Orange County Register Steve Cahill The Reston Times Alberto Cairo Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jason McCabe Calacanis Chairman & Co-Founder, Weblogs, Inc. Network Jody Calendar Writing Coach Session: Writing From the Heart John Cantarella Director of Strategic Planning and Business Development, New York Times Digital Peter Cappelli Professor of Management, Director of the Center for Human Resources, the Wharton School Ron Carey Director of Human Resources, Richmond Times-Dispatch Gilbert Cargill President and Founder, Cargill Consulting Group Carole Carmichael Assistant Managing Editor, Seattle Times Rosa Carnot Director of Advertising, Idaho Statesman Cyndy Carr Senior VP -- Niche Products, The Dallas Morning News Maria Carrillo Managing Editor, The Virginian-Pilot Jennifer Carroll Vice President/New Media Content, Gannett Company, Inc. Ginger Carter, Ph.D Associate Professor of Mass Communication at Georgia College & State University Bill Caudill Vice President of Sales and Training, Borrell Associates, Inc. Christopher H. Chamberlain President, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rudy Chan Kai Yu former CEO, China.com Suw Charman Executive Director,Open Rights Group Neil Chase Deputy Editor, NYTimes.com Janet Chasse Web Editor, yumasun.com Rosanne Cheeseman Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Lee Enterprises Inc. Farai Chideya Founder & Editor, PopandPolitics.com Judy Pace Christie Consultant, Judy Christie Consulting Services LLC Steven Cistulli Panasonic Mobile Communications Development Corporation of U.S.A. Phoebe Claggett singer/songwriter/pianist, St. Louis Session: Making Your Story Sing This workshop – part concert and part writing seminar – demonstrates how to take the techniques of songwriters and apply them to the stories that you write. Karen Clary Vice President/Human Resources & Labor Relations, St. Paul Pioneer Press Session: Creating a Culture of Accountability: A Case Study in Process. How Goal Alignment, Performance Management and Communication are creating a culture of accountability and business success in a 150 year old, 80% unionized newspaper. Pete Clifton Editor, BBC News Interactive Elaine Clisham Director of Targeted Solutions, American Press Institute Sandy Close Executive Director, Pacific News Service Erin Coats-Smith Project Manager/Advertising, San Antonio Express-News Jessica Coen Editor, Gawker.com Shelby Coffey III Senior Fellow, Freedom Forum Josh Cohen Senior Business Product Manager, Google News Jean-Marc Coicaud United Nations University (UNU) Tom Cole Director of Local Market Development, The Boston Globe Jeffrey Cole Director, USC Center for the Digital Future Milton Coleman Deputy Managing Editor, The Washington Post Roger Coleman General Manager, Hudson Valley Newspapers Jana Collier Managing Editor, Dayton Daily News William W. Cone Executive Producer and Senior Consultant, Event Marketing and Promotions William Cone Executive Producer & Senior Marketing Communications Consultant Events, Sponsorships, Promotions, Media, Causes & Social Responsibility Mike Connelly Executive Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Dan Conover Journalist/blogger Peter Conti Senior Vice President, Borrell Associates Inc. Thomas Cooper Vice President/Marketing, The Des Moines Register Henry Copeland Founder, Blogads.com Charles Cornelius Classified Advertising Director, The Arizona Republic Jerald Council Graphics Editor, Gannett News Service Rob Covey Managing Editor/Creative Director, National Geographic Magazine Online Ana Marie Cox “Wonkette”; Editor, Wonkette.com Dan Cox President, Mediaphormedia Session: The Agile Newsroom: How to Leverage Staff Resources and Monetize Content Ed Coyle Dirctor of Audience Growth and Development, Morris Digital Works Beverly Crandon CEO, ad-ition.com/blog.ad-ition.com Ann Crittenden Author, Washington, DC Alex Cruden Chief Editor of the Copy Desks, Detroit Free Press Session: "Getting Inside Non-Readers Heads"- A panel of young adults will give their honest reactions to newspaper content. Linda Grist Cunningham Executive Editor, Rockford Register Star Rob Curley Vice President of Product Development, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Tom Curley President & Chief Executive Officer, The Associated Press David Dadisman VP, Circulation, The Washington Post Lucy Dalglish Executive Director, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press John Davidson Creative Eye Consulting Drew Davis President and Executive Director, American Press Institute Esme de Guzman Vos Founder, Muniwireless.com Susan DeFife President & CEO, Backfence.com Brad deGraf Co-Director, Moving Image Archive at the Internet Archive; Executive Director, Internet Bookmobile project Mary DeNiro Vice President-AdvertisingMadison (WI) Newspapers Bill Densmore Principal, CircLabs Inc. Tommy Denton Editorial Page Editor, The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, Virginia Nitin Desai Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, United Nations Lisa DeSisto Vice President and General Manager, Boston.com Carin Dessauer Senior Fellow, The Media Center; Principal, mc2 Jon DeVries Readership Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Jon DeVries Readership Editor, Sarasota Herald-Tribune Christopher J. DiCosmo Manager, Ad Operations, USAToday.com Stefan Dill Web Editor, Santa Fe New Mexican Jason Dillon Regional Advertising Director, Florence (SC) Morning News John Dillon Deputy Managing Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch John Dimsdale Washington Bureau Chief, Marketplace Richard L. DiNardo Professor for National Security Affairs, United States Marines Diane DiResta President, DiResta Communications, Inc. New Discussion Leader Jon Donley Editor, NOLA.com Mary Donohoe Vice President and Director of Marketing and Member Services, National Geographic Society Diane Downey President, Diane Downey Associates Kevin Doyle President & Publisher, The Pensacola News Journal Joel Dreyfuss Editor-in-chief, Red Herring Richard Dreyfuss Actor and Activist John Druckenmiller News-Tribune Rick Ducey Executive Vice President, BIA Financial Network; President, SpectraRep John Duchneskie Graphics Editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer Roslyn Duda Co-founder, CorporateHOPE Margaret Duffy Associate Professor, Missouri School of Journalism Arne Duncan CEO, Chicago Public Schools Ruth Dunley Associate Editor, The Ottawa Citizen Bill Dunphy Manager, WebU, The Hamilton (Ont.) Spectator Patrick Dunstan Executive Director, Power Development Systems, LLC Ryan Duques Co-Publisher and Co-Founder, Shore Publishing, LLC Tom Dyer Co-Founder, LeadershipU.org & Principal in A & R Consulting Chris Eck Director of Online Sales, GateHouse Media New England Richard Edelman President & CEO, Edelman PR Steve Q. Edwards Director of Sales and Partnerships/Circulation, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Virginia B. Edwards President, Editorial Projects in Education; Editor in Chief and Publisher, Education Week and edweek.org John Edwards III News Editor, Pursuits, The Wall Street Journal Edward Efchak Vice President/Marketing, North Jersey Media Group Andy Eick General Manager/Boston Markets, USA TODAY, Woburn, MA Anne W. Eisenmenger Vice President, Audience Development, GateHouse Media New England Jay Emmet President, Americas, Mblox Inc. John Emshwiller Reporter, Wall Street Journal; Author '24 Days: How Two Wall Street Journal Reporters Uncovered the Lies that Destroyed Faith in Corporate America' Rob Enderle Principal Analyst, The Enderle Group Fernando Espuelas Chairman & CEO, VOY, LLC Randy Essex Assistant Managing Editor, Detroit Free Press Beth Evans Lecturer in Broadcasting, Cal State Fullerton Vanessa Fabiano Editor, Shortcut: A European City Blog Peter Fader Professor, Wharton School Caterina Fake Co-Founder, Flickr Don Farley Publisher, Baltimore City Paper Rob Fassino Vice President of Business Intergration and cofounder, The Knot Bruce Faulmann VP Advertising, The Tampa Tribune Jennifer Feikin Director of Google Video, Google Brad Feld Managing Director, Mobius Venture Capital Karen Feldman Media & Entertainment Industry Lead, IBM Institute for Business Value Graeme Ferguson Executive Head of Content Development, Vodafone Group Services Ltd Jerry Ferguson Director of Marketing Services and Ads Publications, Houston Chronicle Michael Fibison General Manager Central Virginia, Media General Interactive Stephen Fisher Sales and Marketing Director, Telegraph Herald Joe Fiveash Senior Vice President and General Manager, The Weather Channel Interactive Mark Fletcher CEO & Founder, Bloglines Bill Flitter Founder & Chief Marketing Officer, Pheedo, Inc Dennis Flynn Senior Fellow, The Media Center; CEO/Founder, The Sonar Group Shaun Fogarty Online Sales Director, STLtoday.com Linda Ford Retention Manager, USA TODAY Jason Ford Account Director, Tocquigny Craig Forman Vice President & General Manager, Yahoo! Inc. Skip Foster Publisher, The Shelby Star David Fowler Founder and CEO of Marketing Clarity, and CEO of Ads-Up Scott Fox Chairman and CEO, Global View Partners Suzanna Frank Director of Market Research, Lee Enterprises Tim Franklin Editor and Senior Vice President, The Sun George Freeman Assistant General Counsel, New York Times Company Lisa French Senior Consultant, Talent Plus Dan Froomkin Columnist, WashingtonPost.com Mary Lou Fulton Vice President Audience Development, The Californian Ken Fuson Reporter and Columnist, The Des Moines Register Daniel Gaines Managing Editor for Operations, latimes.com Martha Galloway Marketing Manager, tbt Mike Gangloff Staff writer, The Roanoke Times Carolina Garcia Executive Editor, Los Angeles Daily News Astrid Garcia Senior VP of Human Resources, Labor, Legal & Operations, Philadelpha Inquirer & Daily News Olivia Garcia Managing Editor, Mercado Nuevo, The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, CA Carolina Garcia Executive Editor, Monterey County Herald Karen Rice Gardiner Director of Creative Services, National Geographic Society Scott A. Gatz Senior Director, Personalization Products, Yahoo, Inc. Stanley Gauss Vice President/Sales and Marketing, Digital Press Consortium Lauren Gelman Associate Director, Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society (CIS) James Gentry Dean and Professor, William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas Liz George Baristanet Paul George, Ph.D. Professor of History, Miami-Dade College, Historian to the Historical Association of Southern Florida Jennifer George-Palilonis Instructor of Journalism, Ball State University Robin Gerber Leadership Authority and Author John Gerzema Chief Insights Officer, Young and Rubicam Brands Al Getler Vice President Circulation, Community Newspaper Company Sarah Gibert Spanish Language Product Coordinator, The Free Lance-Star Roger Gillespie Senior Editor/Training and Development, The Toronto Star Dan Gillmor Founder, Grassroots Media Inc.; Author, We the Media David Gilmartin Divisional Sales Manager/Automotive, Boston.com Juan Antonio Giner Founding Partner-Director, INNOVATION International Media Consulting Group Paul Ginocchio Media Analyst, Deutsche Bank Amy Glass Director of Client Services, Brody Professional Development Mary Fran Gleason Managing Editor, Times Union, Albany, NY Mary Glick Associate Director, American Press Institute Tom Glocer CEO, Reuters Group PLC Vernon Goad Marketing Manager, CVS Seth Godin Author, All Marketers are Liars Susan Goldberg Editor, The Plain Dealer Scott Goldman AME/Visuals, The Indianapolis Star Seth Goldstein Co-Founder & Chairman, Majestic Research Gus Gonzalez Leadership On The Level, San Antonio, TX Anastasia Goodstein Director, Online Studio, Current TV and Publisher, Ypulse.com M. David Goodwin Managing Editor/Presentation, Cox Ohio Publishing Laura Gordon Managing Director of New Product Development, The Dallas Morning News; Publisher, Quick Session: "N2 at the Dallas Morning News: Master Moms" A New Product Study Al Gore Chairman, Current TV and Former Vice President, USA Vince Goulding Colonel, USMC (Ret.) Nik Gowing BBC World Main Presenter Brian Gratch Principal, Gratch Associates Dave Gray Consultant Stephen T. Gray Managing Director, Newspaper Next, American Press Institute Kelly Gream Sales Manager, Velocity Jeff Green Senior Vice President Marketing & Advertising, The Honolulu Advertiser Seth Green Executive Director, Americans for Informed Democracy Terry Greenberg The Pantagraph Bloomington Jehmu Greene President, Rock the Vote Foundation John Greenman Carolyn McKenzie and Don E. Carter Professor for Excellence in Journalism, University of Georgia, and Former Publisher, Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer David Griffin Senior Editor of Photography & Illustrations, National Geographic Magazine Sebastian Grigg Managing Director, Goldman Sachs International Joseph Grimm Recruiting and Development Editor, Detroit Free Press Liza Gross Executive Director, International Women's Media Foundation Ranjay Gulati Michael L. Nemmers Distinguished Professor of Strategy and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management David Dunkley Gyimah Video Journalist Alan Hagman Senior Photo Editor, The Los Angeles Times George Haj Deputy Managing Editor/News, Houston Chronicle Kevin Hall Vice President/Advertising, The Des Moines Register Tom Hallman, Jr. Senior Reporter, The Oregonian Naomi Halperin Director of Photography, The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) Bill Hanna Editor, Mesabi Daily News Jane Hansen Writer, Atlanta Journal Constitution Greg Harmon CEO/Managing Director, Belden Interactive, San Francisco, CA Jay Harris President & Publisher, Mother Jones Janet Hasson Circulation Director: The Idaho Statesman Francesca (Fran) Hauser General Manager, Time Inc. Interactive Joseph Hawken Vice President/Finance, The Tennessean, Nashville Andrew Hawken General Manager, MSN Portal Experience/ Editor-in-Chief, MSN.com Teri Hayt Managing Editor, Arizona Daily Star Curt Hazlett Seminar Associate, American Press Institute; Newsroom Consultant Brad Heath National Reporter, USA TODAY Brian Hecht CEO, Kikucall Laurie Hedlund Customized Training and Business Services Consultant, Frederick, VA, Community College Scott Heiferman Co-founder & CEO, Meetup.com Jon Heimerman Senior VP and CFO, Minneapolis Star Tribune Session: "The Fundamentals of Finance." Bernie Heller Vice President, Advertising, The Dallas Morning News Renee Roaming Wind Hencey Vice President of Advertising, Journal Register Company Dewayne Hendricks CEO, Dandin Group; member of FCC Technological Advisory Council Edward F. Henninger Independent Newspaper Consultant Peter Henriques, Ph.D. Historian and Author of "George Washington" (a brief biography for the National Park Service) Travis Henry Editor, YourHub.com, Denver, CO Shaun Herron Night News Editor, The Hamilton Spectator Lauren Hertel Lecturer in Multimedia, University of Florida Mark Hester Business Editor, The Oregonian Dennis Hetzel General Manager, NKY.com Andrew Heyward President, CBS News Jerry Hill Director of Audience and New Business Development, St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, and President, Times Media Services, Inc. Retha Hill Vice President of Content Development, BET.com Stephen P. Hills President and General Manager, The Washington Post David Himmelstein Screenwriter Don Himsel Photo Editor and Multimedia Producer, The Telegraph, Nashua, NH Mellody Hobson President, Ariel Capital Management, LLC/ Ariel Mutual Funds Val Hoeppner Manager of Multimedia Education, Diversity Institute, John Seigenthaler Center, Nashville, Tenn. Session: Digital Toolbox: How to get the most from your photography, audio and video Helen S. Hoffman Director of Circulation Sales, Gannett Co., Inc. Mary Ann Hogan Writing Consultant, Boca Raton, FL J.B. Holston CEO and President,NewsGator Technologies, Inc. David Holwerk Editorial Page Editor, The Sacramento Bee Harry J. Holzer Professor and Associate Dean, Georgetown Public Policy Institute Richard Honack Assistant Dean, Chief Marketing Officer and Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Daniel B. Honigman Social Media Strategist, Tribune Interactive Lucy Hood Senior Vice President, Content and Marketing, News Corporation Pam Horan Vice President Marketing & Membership, Online Publishers Association (OPA) Peter Horan CEO, About.com David Hornik VC, August Capital Rick Horowitz Syndicated Columnist/Writing Coach, Shorewood, WI Nick Horrock The Washington Examiner Garry Howard Assistant Managing Editor - Sports, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Neil Howe Demographer and Author of "Generations" & "Millennials Rising" Joe Howry Editor, Ventura County Star Lenora Howze Vice President, Advertising, The (Baltimore) Sun Russ Hudson The Enneagram Institute J. Ford Huffman Deputy Managing Editor, USA Today David Hume President, Mediamericas John M. Humenik Editor and Publisher, Arizona Daily Star Session: Your Leadership Effectiveness: Balancing the two principal goals of news organizations: earning a profit and serving the public interest. Carl Hunnell Managing Editor, News Journal, Mansfield, OH L. Susan Hunt Publisher, The Morning Call, Allentown, PA. Samir Husni, PhD Hederman Lecturer, Professor of Journalism, University of Mississippi Salim Ismail Co-Founder & CEO, PubSub Concepts, Inc. John Jackson The Roanoke Times Paul Jacobs Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Maurice Jacobsen Founder and Creative Director, New Media Collaborative Alan Jacobson President and CEO, Brass Tacks Design Scott Jacobson Newsroom Copy Chief, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, MO Jeff Jarvis Author, blogger, associate professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism Jerald M. Jellison, Ph.D. Professor and author of "Managing the Dynamics of Change" Keith Jenkins Picture Editor, The Washington Post Mike Jenner Executive Editor, The Bakersfield Californian Stacy Jennings Director of Marketing, Savannah Morning News Natalie Jeremijenko Leading Design Engineer and Innovator Stephen Johnson Publisher, The Lima (OH) News and Circulation Director/Community Newspapers, Freedom Communications Session: "Best Practices in Growing Sunday Readership and Sales:" - New ways to look at the Sunday business model. BJ Johnston President, Cornerstone HR Consulting, LLC Matt Jones Director, Mobile Strategy and Operations, Gannett Inc. Laurie Jones Centre Daily Times Mark Juron Senior Business Consultant, Talent Plus Ellen Kampinsky Senior Editor for News, Glamour Susan Kaup Consultant; founding member of BostonWAG Patrick Keane Head of Advertising Sales Strategy, Google Inc. John Keenan Colonel, USMC (Ret.) Jake Kelderman Director/Automotive & Private Party Advertising, NAA Spencer Kelly Presenter, Click Robert Kelly Vice President, Community, backfence.com Robert Kempf Vice President/Product, Boston.com Jim Kennedy Vice President; Director of Strategic Planning, The Associated Press Tom Kennedy Managing Editor for Multimedia, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Colleen Kenney Lincoln Journal Star Allen Kenney Reporter, Tax Notes Today William B. Ketter Editor-in-Chief and Vice President/News, Eagle-Tribune Publishing Company Rami G. Khouri Editor-at-large, The Daily Star Wilfred Kiboro Group CEO, Nation Media Group, KENYA Damon Kiesow Managing Editor/Online, The Telegraph, Nashua, NH Rob King Editor-in-Chief, espn.com Shannon Kinney Director, Business Development and Marketing, Classified Intelligence Shannon Kinney Consultant, Classified Intelligence Session: Cost-effective ways to offer interactive classified advertising Leo Kivijarv Vice President, PQ Media LLC Mark Klein Circulation Director/Research and Marketing Mike Kment Director of Classified Advertising/Newspaper Division, Gannett Corporation Session: Leadership Lesson Joe Knowles Associate Managing Editor/Presentation, Chicago Tribune Thomas Kochman Founder, Kochman Mavrelis Associates Inc. Joshua Kopelman Managing Director, First Round Capital David Kordalski Visual Editor, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Ohio Michael Kraig Director of Policy Analysis and Dialogue, The Stanley Foundation Larry Kramer President, CBS Digital Media Michelle Krans President and Publisher, The Desert Sun Jason Krebs Vice President, Sales & Marketing, NYTimes.com Chris Krewson Executive Online Editor at The Inquirer, Philadelphia Inquirer Nicholas D. Kristof Columnist, The New York Times Laryssa Kundanmal Director of Sales Solutions, USATODAY.com Darrell Kunken Market Analysis Manager, The Sacramento Bee Gersh Kuntzman Editor in Chief, The Brooklyn Paper Olivia La Melle Vice-President, Human Resources, The Greenville News, South Carolina Jack Lail News Director of Innovation, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tennessee Richard Landry Executive Director, The Independent Press Association Robert Larson Director of Product Management and Development, New York Times Digital Mark Laskowski Regional Publisher, Media General Community Newspaper Group First Nmae Last Name Jock Lauterer Founding Director, Carolina Community Media Project, UNC Chapel Hill Enrique Lavin Weekend Arts & Entertainment Editor, The Star-Ledger Marsha Lawrence Senior Print Media Strategist, Best Buy, Inc. Elizabeth Lawton Web and Multimedia Producer, MKE, Milwaukee Journal - Sentinel Sally Leahy Circulation Retention Manager, Orlando Sentinel Communications David C. Leavy Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and Communications, Discovery Communications, Inc. Andrew Leckey Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the American Press Institute David Ledford VP News/ Executive Editor, The News Journal Session: "Evolving in the Digital Age" -- A roadmap for transforming the newsroom into a 24/7 multimedia news organization. David Ledford Vice President News/Executive Editor, The News Journal Robert Lee Vice President, Sales & Marketing, GateHouse Media Heidi Lehmann EVP, Strategic Alliances, Third Screen Media Aida Levitan Vice Chair & Chief Communications Officer, Bromley Communications Leon Levitt Vice President, Digital Media, Cox Newspapers David Lewis President and Publisher, Mile High Newspapers Charles Lewis Executive Editor, Investigative Reporting Workshop, American University School of Communication Monica Liban Sr VP/Advertising, Media One-Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News, West Valley, UT David Licko Senior Vice President, Denver Newspaper Agency Jeremy Liew SVP, General Manager, Netscape.com Jeffery E. Light Vice President of Interactive, The Orange County Register Pilar G. Linares Director of Marketing and Advertising, Newspaper Association of America Nina Link President and Chief Executive Officer, Magazine Publishers of America Tom Linthicum President, The TDL Group Session: Management 101. New editors suddenly have to worry about all kinds of management stuff like running meetings, scheduling, evaluating (and documenting) performance and so on. We’ll help you get started Caroline H. Little Chief Executive for North America, Guardian News & Media David Liu CEO, The Knot, Inc. Cindy Loison Senior Human Resources Manager, America Online, Inc Paul Longhenry Vice President Business Development, Sonim Jeffrey Lorbeck Vice President and General Manager for MediaFLO, QUALCOMM Susan LoTempio Assistant Managing Editor/Readership, The Buffalo News Lelia Lott Non-Food Merchandising Manager, Chesapeake Division 7-Eleven, Inc. Session: Retail Panel Beryl Love Executive Editor, Reno Gazette-Journal Kurt Lozier Senior Vice President, Digital Media & Product Management Dow Jones Local Media Group Steve Luckert U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Sunil Lulla Chief Executive Officer, Times Global Broadcasting Co. Ltd. Peter Lundquist Vice President, Online and Operations, Gannett Co. Nunzio Michael Lupo Managing Editor/News & Information, Atlanta Journal Constitution and ajc.com Mike Lupo Managing Editor/News & Information, Atlanta Journal Constitution and ajc.com Stacy Lynch Director of Innovation, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Kim Lysik Di Santi President, Total Strategy, Reston, Va. Christopher Ma Vice President, Washington Post Company Reid MacCluggage Former President, Publisher, Editor, The Day (New London, Ct.) Rebecca MacKinnon Co-Founder, Global Voices Online; Research Fellow, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Steve Magagnini Reporter, The Sacramento Bee Davan Maharaj Deputy Business Editor, Los Angeles Times Jean Mahon Director of Marketing, Hall Automotive Marvin Malecha Dean, College of Design, North Carolina State University Om Malik Senior Writer, Business 2.0 Michael Maness Vice President, Strategic Planning, Newspaper Division, Gannett, Inc. Matt Mansfield Deputy Managing Editor, San Jose Mercury News Ray Marcano Internet General Manager, Cox Ohio Publishing, Dayton, OH Joycelyn Marek Vice President Marketing and Public Affairs, Houston Chronicle, Texas Monica Markel Deputy Metro Editor, San Antonio Express-News, and President, Society of Metro Editors Kate Marymont Editor, The News-Press, Fort Meyers, FL Renée Mauborgne The INSEAD Destinguished Fellow of Strategy and International Management Affiliate Professor of Strategy Jean Mavrelis Founder, Kochman Mavrelis Associates Inc. Jim Maxwell Associate Publisher, Southeast Missourian & VP of Operations, Rust Communications Tina May Senior Editor, National Affairs, Arizona Republic Julie May Director of Custom Media Group, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Rodney Mayers Assistant Vice President, Interactive, Cox Enterprises Ross Mayfield CEO & Co-Founder, Socialtext Carolyn McCall Chief Executive, Guardian Newspapers Ltd. Robert J. McCartney Assistant Managing Editor for Continuous News, The Washington Post Regina McCombs Multimedia Producer, StarTribune.com Tom McDevitt President, The Washington Times Hugh McGarry Senior Vice President, Circulation, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Session: “Recipe for Growing the Sunday Franchise:” – Research, analysis, collaboration and communication are the key ingredients for Sunday success. Matt McGuire Senior Producer, Metromix Michael McGuire Associate Publisher, Courier Publications Shawn McIntosh Director of Culture and Change, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA John McIntyre Assistant Managing Editor, The Baltimore Sun Jolene McKenzie Advertising Director, The Daily News Journal John Mennenga President, Mennenga & Associates Victor Merina Senior Fellow, University of Southern California Annenberg Institute for Justice and Journalism Susan Mernit Senior Vice President, 5ive; Senior Fellow, The Media Center Philip Meyer Knight Chair in Journalism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pierre Meyer, PH.D President and Principal, MDA Consulting Group, San Francisco Chris Mihal News Design Director, South Florida Sun-Sentinel John X. Miller Public Editor, Detroit Free Press Josh Mills Director, Master’s Program in Business Journalism, Baruch College/CUNY Lincoln Millstein Executive Vice President,, New York Times Digital Brad Mindich President, Phoenix Media/Communications Group David T. Z. Mindich, Ph.D. Author of “Tuned Out: Why Americans Under 40 Don’t Follow the News” Tony Mineart Vice President/Development, Santa Cruz Industries Arnon Mishkin partner, Mitchel Madison Group Varinda Missett Advertising Director, The Times of Northwest Indiana N. Scott Momaday Storyteller - Santa Fe, New Mexico Joy Monopoli Publisher, Richmond Suburban Newspapers Robert Montemayor Principal, Montemayor Consulting Robb Montgomery Consultant and CEO of visualeditors.com Session: How to discover your inner tabloid and develop new editing and design strategies that produce compelling front pages that entice new readers. Brad Moore General Manager, RedEye Session: RedEye and Young Chicago Commuters Greg Moore Editor, The Denver Post Betsy Lake Morgan Vice President for Business Development, CBS News Bob Morgan Staff Development Manager, The Virginian-Pilot Dave Morgan CEO, TACODA Systems, Inc. Monica Moses Consultant Domini Mostofi Director/Retail Sales and New Business Development Markos Moulitsas Founder, Armstrong Zúniga LLC Jen Moyer Vice President, Finance for Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Mark Mulholland Associate Director, American Press Institute J. Keith Murnighan Harold H. Hines Jr. Professor of Risk Management, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Andrea Murray Managing Editor, Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind. John Murray Vice President/Circulation Marketing, Newspaper Association of America Session: Cracking the Code – What Single Copy Buyers Really Want: Analyze powerful research findings on how you can turn shoppers into single-copy buyers. Gain insights into and practical applications for growing your franchise. Lisa Nabors Partner, Strategic Performance Group, Vienna, Virginia Andrew Nachison Director, Media Center at API Cynthia Nash Director, Brand and Content Development, The Seattle Times Marissa Nelson Reporter/Trainer, The Toronto Star, Toronto, ON David Nelson Chair, Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University Bill Nemitz News Columnist, Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram Phil Nesbitt Former President, Society for News Design Session: Session: “The Perils of Photojournalism: Visual Ethics” – Images can be a powerful force for change, but they also can divide and anger readers. We’ll look at the sometimes fine line between a great photo and an inflammatory one and the tough calls t Session: Reader Initiatives and Content Mary Nesbitt Managing Director, The Readership Institute David Newhouse Executive Editor, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA Craig Newmark Customer Service Rep & Founder, craigslist Dean Newton Vice President of Entertainment Media, InfoSpace Mobile Bernard A. Niemeier Jr. Vice President/Planning & Research Robert Niles Editor, Online Journalism Review Martin Nyberg Director, Client Development Borrell Associates, Inc., Seattle, WA Larry Nylund Deputy Managing Editor for Presentation, The Journal News, White Plains, NY Tim O'Briant News Director, Aiken (S.C.) Standard Linda O'Connor Linda O'Connor & Associates Kyrie O'Connor Deputy Managing Editor/Features, Houston Chronicle William O'Donovan Vice President & Publisher, The Virginia Gazette Kurt Oeler Digital Media Consultant Christian Oliver Consultant, INNOVATION Media Consulting Group Sheryl Oliver Director, National Advertising, NAA Larry Olmstead President, LeadingEdge, CA Robb Olsen Vice President of Advertising, The Palm Beach Post Kerry D. O'Reilly General Manager, tbt Bob Orvis Director of Corporate Programs, ComedySportz, Milwaukee, WI Elizabeth Osder Senior Director/Product, Yahoo!News Tamara L. O'Shaughnessy Senior Zone Editor/Writing Coach, The Times of Northwest Indiana William Ostendorf President, Creative Circle Media Consulting Sharon Otterman VP Customer Experience Strategy and Digital Media, ESPN Sharon Otterman Vice President, Integrated Media & Market, ESPN Session: Relationship Marketing: Meeting "Customer" Needs Steve Outing Founder and Publisher, Enthusiast Group LLC Mike Outmesguine President and Founder, TransStellar, Inc. Howard Owens Director of Digital Publishing, Gatehouse Media, Inc. Dan Pacheco Senior Manager of Digital Products, The Bakersfield Californian Denise Palmer President, Publisher and Chief Executive Officer, The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Victor Panichkul Managing Editor, The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR Sammy Papert Chairman/CEO, Belden Associates Allen Parsons Publisher, Ocala Star-Banner Session: Newsroom Metrics and Drivers of Excellence Pankaj Paul Manager/Digital Content Development, Gannett Digital Nora Paul Director of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Kenneth A. Paulson President and Chief Operating Officer of the Freedom Forum, Newseum and Diversity Institute Trish Payne Designer, Richmond Times-Dispatch David Payne Senior Vice President, CNN News Services & General Manager, CNN.COM Suzanne W. Peck Peck Consulting Bertrand Pecquerie Director of the World Editors Forum Andy Perdue Interactive Media, Tri-City Herald Peter Perl Director of Newsroom Training and Professional Development, Washington Post Babita Persaud Babita Persaud Consultant Mary Peskin Associate Director, American Press Institute Dale Peskin Co-Founder and Chief Knowledge Officer, We Media Group Session: Consumer Centric Experience: Refocus on readers and users Roberta J. Peterson Director, Magazine, Niche and Non-Daily, Gannett Corporate Marty Petty Publisher, St. Petersburg Times Cheryl Phillips VP Corporate Sales Development, Sun Media Corporation Patrick Phillips Founder & Editor, I Want Media Carole Phipps Director of Learning and Development, Knight Ridder Jim Pitkow CEO and co-founder, Attributor Corp. Leonard Pitts Jr. Nationally Syndicated Columnist, The Miami Herald, FL Bob Plaschke Kim Polese CEO, SpikeSource Scott Pompe Vice President and General Manager, Trib Direct, Los Angeles Times Steve Pope General Manager, Colorado Mountain News Media Tim Porter Associate Director, Tomorrow's Workforce Marisa Porto Assistant Managing Editor, The News Journal Mark Potts Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, Backfence.com Cory Powell AME Design and Readership, Star Tribune Ted Power Publisher, The Daily Advertiser, Lafayette, LA Session: "Painting by Numbers: Budgeting, Business Plans and Financial Accountability" - The basics of media finance and how to communicate with the business department. Edward Power General Manager, Targeted Publications & Media, Pilot Media Companies, Norfolk, VA Edward S. Power President and Publisher, The Daily Advertiser Session: "Improving Your Leadership Effectiveness, applying financial management principles to becoming a better leader." Donna Prentice Regional Sales Marketing Manager, St. Petersburg Times Africa Price Managing Editor, The Jackson (TN) Sun Glenn Proctor Vice President and Executive Editor, The Times-Dispatch Robert Provost Director of Marketing, The Star-Ledger Susan Pryce Majors Sales Manager, The Asheville Citizen Times Jim Pumarlo Newspaper Consultant Session: "Bad News and Good Judgment: A Guide to Reporting on Sensitive Issues in a Small-Town Newspaper" A vigorous discussion on issues in everyday community journalism by a longtime editor and author of a book on journalism ethics. Bring your own issues! Shoba Purushothaman CEO &co-founder, The NewsMarket, Inc. Robert Quigley Internet Editor, austin American-Statesman Session: : Design is Integration: Discover the secrets to making social media a great success with a multi-platform visuals team that can connect with the community during the big stories like Hurricane Ike as well as every day stories. Michael Quintanilla Reporter for the San Antonio News-Express Session: Confessions of a Former Disco Maniac: The Write Moves Award-winning journalist Michael Quintanilla shares his odyssey to reinvent and redefine himself as a person and a writer. Scott Rafer Chairman, Wireless Ink Suzanne Raitt Vice President of Marketing and Innovation, Canadian Newspaper Association Rich Ramhoff President and Publisher, The Lansing State Journal Laura Ramos Manager of Business Projects and Analysis, USATODAY.com Mitch Ratcliffe Co-Founder, Persuadio Tom Ratkovich President, ASTECH-InterMedia Michelle Rea Executive Director, New York Press Association Denise Reagan AME/Visuals, The Florida Times Union Carol Reardon Professor of Military History, Pennsylvania State University Ron Reason Vice President/Creative Director, Garcia Media Donna M. Reed Managing Editor, The Tampa Tribune Brian Reich Director, Mindshare Interactive Campaigns LLC Cheryl Reid Director/Publisher Session: Identifying and Evaluating Niche Opportunities Tim Repsher Technology Manager, The Bakersfield Californian Josh Resnik Vice President, Gannett Digital Chet Rhodes Deputy Multimedia Editor, Breaking News, WashingtonPost/Newsweek Interactive Chet Rhodes Deputy Multimedia Editor, Breaking News, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Session: How to Produce Low-Cost Online Video for News and Advertising, demonstrated at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive in Arlington, VA Stephen Rice President, PerforMAX Inc. Brenda Richardson Your Money Editor, Tribune Co. Pat Richardson Publisher, Landmark Community Newspaper of Maryland Tim Richardson Editor, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive Randy Rieland VP, New Business & Technology, US Networks Online, Discovery Communications Edward T. Rincón, Ph.D. President, Rincón & Associates and a faculty member at the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas Carol Ann Riordan Vice President of Programming and Personnel, American Press Institute Phillip Ritzenberg Newspaper Design Consultant, Phillip Ritzenberg, Inc. Dana M. Robbins Editor-in-Chief, The Hamilton Spectator Kelly Roberts Vice President/Circulation Sales, Newapaper Agency Co., Salt Lake City, Utah Michael Roberts Deputy Managing Editor/Staff Development, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ Ju-Don Roberts Managing Editor, washingtonpost.com John Robinson Editor, News & Record Rosemary Rocconi Marketing Sales Consultant, Valassis Sylvia Rodriguez Retention & Subscriber Services Manager, The Austin American-Statesman Karen E. Roepken Director of Research, Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc. Rick Rogala General Manager, KARK-TV and president, FUEL for Living.org Steven Rogers Gordon and Llura Gund Family Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurship, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Session: Leading With Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship. The rules of the media world have changed - those who think and act like entrepreneurs can create a future for their organizations. But what does it take to transform ideas into profitable ventures? Michael Rogers interactive Media Pioneer, Author and Blogger, The Practical Futurist Carlos Roig Product Innovation Manager, USA TODAY Carley Roney Editor in chief and cofounder, The Knot Bill Rose Managing Editor, The Palm Beach Post, Florida Chuck Rose Deputy Managing Editor, USA TODAY David Roselle President, University of Delaware Jay Rosen Founder, PRESSthink.com; Associate Professor, New York University Session: BeatBlogging Steven Rosenbaum Managing Partner, Magnify Media Tom Rosenstiel Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism Phyllis Roteman President, The Loyalty Group, Inc. Chris Roush Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Patricia Royal Director of Classified Advertising, Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald Steve Rubel Blogger, Micro Persuasion; Vice President, Client Services, CooperKatz & Co Rob Rubrecht Director, Newspaper Association of America Tim Ruder Vice President/Marketing, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive Gloria Ruiz, Ph. D. Chairperson Comm. Arts, English & Humanities, St. Thomas University John Rumbach Co-Publisher and Editor, The Herald Kathleen Rutledge Editor, Lincoln Journal Star Zach Ryall Internet Managing Editor, Austin American-Statesman Dennis R. Ryerson Vice President and Editor, The Indianapolis Star, IN Lou Ann Sabatier Principal, Sabatier Consulting, Falls Church, Va. Jeffrey D. Sachs Director, Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Joseph Salomone Director, Publisher Relations - Field Auditing, Audit Bureau of Circulations Richard Sambrook Director, BBC Global News Division Dave Samuel President & Co-Founder , Grouper Networks Ken Sands Executive Editor for Innovation, Congressional Quarterly Andrew Satter Online Producer, Arizona Daily Star Dave Satterfield Managing Editor, San Jose Mercury News Patrick Scanlon Interactive Media Director, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jan Schaffer Executive Director, J-Lab, University of Maryland Frederick Schecker Interactive Media, Landmark Communications Kathy Schenck Assistant Managing Editor; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Vivian Schiller Senior Vice President, General Manager, Discovery Times Channel Vivian Schiller Senior Vice President, General Manager, Discovery Times Channel Michael Schlein Director for Product Development, The New York Times Regional Media Group David Schmall General Manager, Quick; a product of the Dallas Morning News Teresa Schmedding News Editor, The Daily Herald Jodi Schneider Economics and Finance Editor, Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Rob Schneider Presentation Director, Dallas Morning News Edward Schumacher-Matos CEO, Editorial Director and Founder, Meximerica Media Inc. Scott Schwartz Director of Strategy, Madison Performance Group Michael D Schwartz Michael Schwartz President, Business Power Henry Scott Managing Director, Gansevoort Media LLC Edward Sears Editor, Palm Beach Post; 2004 E&P Editor of the Year Linda Sease Corporate Director of Marketing/Newspapers, E.W. Scripps Co. Eric Seidman Creative Director, AARP Magazine John Seigenthaler Founder, The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN J. Ann Selzer President, Selzer & Company, Des Moines, IA Jan Shaffer Executive Director, J-Lab Session: Cost-effective ways to offer interactive local content Bruce Shapiro Field Director, Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma, University of Washington, New Haven, Connecticut Dr. Debra Shapiro Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland Dan Shaw Managing Editor/Director of New Audiences, The Monroe Evening News Jim Sheeler Reporter, Rocky Mountain News James B. Shein, Ph.D. Lead Facilitator, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Joanna Shields European Director of Syndication & Partnerships, EMEA, Google (UK) Dan Shorter General Manager, PalmBeachPost.com Sanyin Siang Managing Director and Senior Research Associate, Fuqua/Coach K Center of Leadership & Ethics, Duke University Pam Siddall President and Publisher, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, GA Session: Pricing and Positioning New Products, facilitating small-group case study presentations Steve Sidel Executive Vice President, Discovery Education David L. Sifry Founder and CEO, Technorati Steve Silberman Executive Editor, The Desert Sun Dwight Silverman Online News Editor, Houston Chronicle Joni Silverstein Chief Marketing Officer, Hybrid Moms Magazine, St. James, NY Thomas A. Silvestri President and Publisher, Richmond Times-Dispatch Session: “High-Risk Leadership.” Analyze the essential competencies of leadership and learn what makes a successful leader in today’s challenging business environment … and what breaks one. Ellen Siminoff President & CEO, Efficient Frontier Grady Singletary President and Publisher, The Mail Tribune Vandana Sinha Associate Editor, Reynolds Center at API Jennifer Sizemore Managing Editor, MSNBC.com and Executive Producer NBC News Rich Skrenta Co-Founder & CEO, Topix.net Rich Skrenta CEO and co-founder of Topix.net Michele Slack Director, Marketing and Operations, New York Times Digital Jay Small Director of Online Audience & Operations, E.W. Scripps Co. Deb Smiddy Corporate Director of Advertising, E.W. Scripps Company Session: Growing Advertising in a Changing Marketplace Steven Smith Editor, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA Dave Smith Sports Director, Belo Publishing & Interactive Division; Deputy Managing Editor & Executive Sports Editor, The Dallas Morning News Bill Smith Advertising Director, The Free Lance-Star Robin E. Smith Director, Customer Relationship Marketing, Gannett, Co., Inc. James E. Smith, PhD Vice President of Research & Development, Morris Publishing Group Scott Smyers President and Board Chairman, Digital Living Network Alliance; VP, Network & Systems Architecture Division, PlatformTechnology Center of America, Sony Wayne Snow Vice President of Advertising, Lexington (KY) Herald Leader Rich Somerville President, Media Foresight Associates Gonzalo Soruco, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director of Officina de Investigacion Social y Communicacion, University of Miami Jackie Spinner Reporter, Washington Post Kathy Spurlock Executive Editor, The News-Star Sally Squires Health and Nutrition Columnist, The Washington Post Sree Sreenivasan Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Session: “Smarter Surfing: Making Better Use of your Web time.” Sreenivasan, an expert on technology and the Internet, helps members fine-tune their approach to doing research on the Web–producing better results and saving time in the bargain. Paula Stallard Vice President, Advertising and Sales, Richmond Times Dispatch Session: Advertising Transformation at the Richmond Times Dispatch George Stanley Managing Editor and Vice President, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Jim Stasiowski Writing Coach/Consultant Session: "Writing for Readers" Richard Stein General Manager and Co-publisher, The Riverdale Press (Bronx, NY) Rosalie Stemer Newsroom Coach Karen Stephenson President, NetForm Eugene Steurle Fellow, The Urban Institute Jane Ellen Stevens Multimedia Journalist, Consultant and Lecturer, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Todd Stewart Design Editor, Orlando Sentinel Julie Stickney Director of Human Resources, Lee Enterprises Inc. Scott Stines President, mass2one Jeanne Straus President, Straus Newspapers Inc. Hal Straus Interactivity and Communities Editor, washingtonpost.com William Strauss Author of “Generations” and “Millennials Rising” Session: “What Makes This Generation Tick?”: No one knows young adults better than William Strauss , who with Neil Howe, has written four best-selling books on generational issues. Kim Strong Director of Custom Publications, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA Joel Sucherman Executive Producer, USA TODAY Halley Suitt Author and Blogger, Halley's Comment Margaret Sullivan Vice President and Editor, The Buffalo News Barry Sussman Editor, Nieman Watchdog, and consultant, INNOVATION Media Consulting Susan Svihlik Executive Editor, Northern Virginia Community Newspapers Greg Swanson CEO, ITZ Publishing, Portland, OR Lynn Sweet Washington Bureau Chief, Chicago Sun-Times Sharon Swendner Vice President, Marketing, Centex Homes John Tabor, Jr Publisher, Seacoast Newspapers Lucy Talley-Chapman Publisher, The Salisbury (N.C.) Post Terry Taylor Sports Editor, The Associated Press Melinda Taylor Co-founder, CorporateHOPE Ann Telnaes Nationally Syndicated Editorial Cartoonist, Washington, DC Mark Thompson Director-General, BBC Executive Board Matt Thompson Editorial Product Manager, Project Argo, National Public Radio Esther Thorson Director of Research, Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri Martin Till Publisher, The Express-Times Charles Tillinghast General Manager and Publisher, MSNBC.com Stan Tiner Vice President and Executive Editor, The Sun Herald Michael Tong Chief Operating Officer, NetEase Katherine Topaz Principal, Topaz Design Dean Torrenga Regional Vice President, Starbucks Coffee Co. Anthony M. Townsend Research Scientist , Taub Urban Research Center at NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Jan Tuckwood Associate Editor, The Palm Beach Post Session: “Reinventing Lifestyles” – Is it time for a new women’s section? The Post thinks so, and so do readers of "Charm", the new daily section just for women. Bob Twigg Executive Editor and General Manager, Loudoun Times-Mirror, Leesburg, Virginia John Ullmann Executive Director, The World Press Institute Ron Ulrich Retail and Corporate Sales Manager, The Washington Post Christine Urban Faculty Chair, President, Urban & Associates, Inc. Joe Urschel Executive Director/Senior Vice President, Freedom Forum Newseum Debbie Van Tassell AME Features, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Ohio Peter Vandevanter VP-Targeted Products, Media News Group, Denver, CO Victor Vaughan Assistant Managing Editor for Presentation, Arizona Daily Star Javier Vidal Director Senior de Innovación del diario, El Nuevo Día, Puerto Rico Kris Viesselman Editorial Director for Maps, National Geographic Maps Paul Volen Vice President of Patner Product Marketing, Overture Roger Volkema Associate Professor and Chair of the Management Department, Kogod School of Business, American University Session: Influencing through Negotiation Dominik von Jan Director, NextNextBigThing Katherine von Jan co-CEO, Infinia Foresight Watts Wacker CEO and Futurist, FirstMatter LLC Jim Wadzinski Advertising Director, Houston Community Newspapers Steve Wagenlander Director of Audience Development, The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C. Peter W. Wagner Publisher, Iowa Information, Inc. Harry Walker Director of Knight Ridder/Tribune Photo Service and Photographer’s Showcase Julia Wallace Editor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Butch Ward Managing Director and Faculty Member, The Poynter Institute Mackenzie Warren Managing Editor of Information Distribution, The News Press, Ft. Myers, FL Kelly Warren Advertising Director, Virginian-Pilot Bill Watson Executive Editor, Pocono Record/Pocono Mountains Media Group, Stroudsburg, PA Stuart Watson CEO and Founder, Syndicate IQ Stuart Watson CEO & Founder, Syndicate IQ Warren Watson Director of J-Ideas, Ball State University Steve Weaver Senior Vice President/Advertising, The Dallas Morning News Jeffrey Webber Senior Vice President and Publisher, USATODAY.com Richard Webber General Manager, Specialty Products Division, North Jersey Media Group Alan M. Webber Editor, author and columnist; Founding editor of Fast Company magazine Alan J. Weiss President, Summit Consulting Group Session: Defining Your Role Richard Weiss Writing and Editing Consultant, WeissWrite William C. Weiss Senior Fellow, The Media Center; Chairman & CEO, The Promar Group Larry Welborn Reporter/Breaking News Editor/Training Editor, The Orange County Register C. Dean Welch Director, Classified Print and Internet Advertising, Cox Newspapers Inc. Mary Ann Wendt Director of Human Resources, Houston Chronicle Roy Wenzl Prize-Winning Reporter Doron Wesly Director of Industry Research, Interactive Advertising Bureau Gina C. Wilcox Director of Digital Operations, The Palm Beach Post Sara Wilhelm Vice President of Sales and Business Development/Mediaphormedia, The World Company Anita Wilhelm Co-founder, Caterpillar Mobile Bruce Wilkinson Vice President and Practice Leader, Media, Agency and Cable, Claritas, Inc. Keven Ann Willey Vice President/Editorial Page Editor, The Dallas Morning News, TX Sherman Williams Senior Editor/Visuals, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Ed Williams Editorial Page Editor, The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC Vickey Williams Project Director, The Learning Newsroom at API Session: Fleet of Foot or Still Arguing the Past?: Research indicates the typical newspaper exhibits a work environment that can make leading change difficult. Learn how to maintain a journalistic mission and values while focusing on the future. Session: Fleet of Foot or Still Arguing the Past?: Research indicates the typical newspaper exhibits a work environment that can make leading change difficult. Learn how to maintain a journalistic mission and values while focusing on the future. Ron Williams President & CEO, Dragonfly Media LLC Julie Gordon Willis Senior Vice President of Marketing, Discovery Channel, U.S. Chris Willis Vice President of Social Media, Footnote.com John Wilpers President, John Wilpers Media Consulting Kinsey Wilson Vice President & Editor in Chief, USATODAY.com Terri Wilson Manager, Organization Development, The Sun Jan Winburn Projects, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Deborah Withey Deputy Managing Editor, Presentation, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Deborah Withey Deputy Managing Editor, Presentation, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va. Don Wittekind Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, UNC-Chapel Hill Session: Brainstorming and Storyboarding Multimedia Projects Michael Wood-Lewis Co-Founder, Front Porch Forum, Inc. Keith Woods Dean of Faculty at The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla. Session: Diversity In 3-D: A look at the leader’s role in diversity, from defining the mission more precisely to building and managing a staff to handling the assigning and editing of stories. Patti Wortel President, Borrowed Mind Dean Wright Senior Vice President and Managing Editor for Consumer Services, Reuters Bob Wyman Co-Founder & CTO, PubSub Concepts, Inc. Eric Wynn Circulation Sales and Marketing Manager, The Oklahoman x x Marcus Xiang CEO, PDX.CN David Yalof Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut Steve Yelvington Digital Works, Morris Digital Works Iris Yokoi Editor, SqueezeOC.com, The Orange County Register Owen Youngman Vice President/Development, Chicago Tribune Deborah Yow Athletics Director, University of Maryland Session: test Tom Yunt President and COO, Woodward Communications, Inc., Dubuque, Iowa Bob Zaltsberg Editor, The Bloomington Herald-Times Session: “Building Readership Through Local News:” The top 10 ways to make your newspaper more local and a 12-step plan for building readership—from an editor and a newspaper that are doing both. John Zehr Vice President, Product Development, ESPN Mobile

 

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