Speaker List

Senior Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships | Newsrooms & Media
Canva

Sydney, Australia

Head of Strategy and Partnerships
OpenOrigins

Program Assistant
PEN America

Senior Director, New Product Development
Reuters

New York, United States

national security reporter
The Washington Post

Vice President of Community Engagement + Strategic Initiatives
LAist

Co-Founder, Executive Producer + Strategy
Studiotobe

Oakland, California, United States

CEO
Echobox

London, United Kingdom

Editorial Coach for Latin America
Global Press

Co-Founder
JournoDAO, Factland

Portland, Oregon, United States

Chief of Business Development and Partnerships
URL Media

Senior Director, Democracy Forward
Microsoft

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Associate Producer
LWC Studios

Reno, Nevada, United States

Journalist, Writer, Producer
Black History Untold presenting with Canva

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Publisher
The Washington Informer

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Global Editor, Media News Strategy
Reuters

Director of Research
Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting

Professor + Founding Director
Polis, London School of Economics

Publisher
Vox Media

Executive Director, External Relations
University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications

Gaiinesville, Florida, United States

Chief Operating Officer
Mother Jones

San Francisco, California, United States

Product Manager
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Product Manager
Flourish (Canva)

London, United Kingdom

Global News Partnerships Lead
YouTube

Investigative Journalist
Miami Herald

Florida, United States

Head of Audience Product Strategy
Newspack at Automattic

Head of Innovation and Audience Engagement
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

New York City, New York, United States

Social Media Lead - SBS News
SBS

Wheelers Hill, Australia

Associate Professor
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Associate Publisher
The Baltimore Times

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Chief Content Officer
Chicago Public Media

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Executive Director
Tiny News Collective

Fellow
JSK

CEO and Executive Director
Online News Association

United States

Senior Producer
National Geographic

Washington , District of Columbia, United States

Senior Vice President
International Center for Journalists

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Community Engagement Reporter/Producer
KQED, Inc.

Data Visualization Specialist
Flourish (Canva)

England, United Kingdom

Director of Teaching and Learning
CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism

New York, New York, United States

Director, Careers and Culture
The Marshall Project

Journalism Senior
University of Florida

Florida, United States

Executive Director
News Product Alliance

Director of Social Newsgathering
NBC News

VP, Product
Echobox

Chief Program & Operating Officer
Solutions Journalism Network

Co-Founder
JournoDAO

Program Director, Knight x LMA BloomLab
Local Media Association

Silver Spring , Maryland, United States

Editor-In-Chief
The 19th*

United States

Editor-In-Chief
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Atlanta , Georgia, United States

CEO
Center for Public Integrity

Newsletter writer
THE CITY

Staff Attorney
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Director
Wallace House Center for Journalists

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Editor-in-Chief
100 Days in Appalachia

Assistant Managing Editor, News
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sr. Director of R&D, Cofounder of Subtext
Advance Local

California, United States

Founder & Principal
BLUEANTENNA

United States

Director of Inclusion and Audience Growth
American Press Institute

Vice President of Design
Microsoft

National Host
VERIFY

United States

Co-Founder
Media Bridge Partners

Orleans, Massachusetts, United States

Founder and CEO
Stylebot

Associate Professor of Interactive Computing
Georgia Tech

Global Breaking News Editor
Reuters

Philadelphia Staff Writer
The Trace

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Political Correspondent
ICT

Director
Agora Journalism Center, University of Oregon

Marketing Lead (Flourish)
Flourish, part of Canva

England, United Kingdom

Whistleblower: #MeToo
former attorney

Arlington, Virginia, United States

Service journalism and assistant enterprise editor
The Kansas City Star

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
The Resolve

Customer Success Manager
Trisolute News Dashboard

Glendale, Arizona, United States

Co-Founder and CTO
Legitimate

Director/Senior Lecturer
Medill Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Global Editorial Director
WIRED

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Education Program Director
James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

Research Associate
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Arlington, Virginia, United States

National Reporter
NBC News

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Faculty
Poynter Institute

Fletcher, North Carolina, United States

CEO
James B. McClatchy Foundation

Sacramento, California, United States

Audience Strategy Editor
The Washington Post

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Senior Vice President, Streaming Video Services
Hearst Television

Senior Visual Designer
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pitman, New Jersey, United States

Editor-In-Chief
Slate

Co-Founder
Resolve Philly

Researcher (Former)
Center for Community News

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Career and Leadership Coach
Better with Phoebe

Sr. Director, Curation
Twitter (Former)

J+ Executive Director
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

New York, New York, United States

Director of Consulting
News Revenue Hub

Executive Director
Young Chances Foundation

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Executive Producer
Back Pocket Media

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Vice President of News & Civic Dialogue
WHYY News

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

President
National Press Foundation

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Executive Director
Ceiba

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Associate Director, Public Square
Democracy Fund

Syracuse, New York, United States

Service Journalism Editor
The Washington Post

Lead Product Designer
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Staff Writer
The New York Times Magazine

Professor
Columbia School of Journalism

Independent Journalist

Assistant Managing Editor of Diversity & Community
Minneapolis Star Tribune

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Head of Global Strategic Partnerships
Canva

AI and Media Integrity Research and Program Lead
Partnership on AI

Co-Founder
Resolve Philly

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

CEO, Editor
inewsource

California, United States

CEO & Founder
Global Press

District of Columbia, United States

Artist In Residence
Michigan State University

Mechanicsville, Virginia, United States

Special Projects Editor
WIRED

New York, New York, United States

News Director
WUSA9-DC

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

Professor of Practice
USC Annenberg / JOVRNALISM

Los Angeles, California, United States

Co-Founder & Director
Journalism That Matters

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Partner Operations Manager, News & Content
Google

Senior Newsroom Growth Expert
News Revenue Hub

Research Program Coordinator
PEN America

Co-Executive Director
The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Oakland, California, United States

Presenter, Senior Producer, Documentarian
AJ+/Al Jazeera

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Parse.ly

Journalism and Disinformation Program Director
PEN America

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Head of Audience Development
Thomson Reuters Foundation

United Kingdom

Strategic Alliance Manager
Defender Network

Texas, United States

News SEO Strategist
Trisolute News Dashboard

Audience Engagement Specialist
Chicago Sun-Times

Publisher
Epicenter-NYC

Journalism Strategist and Philanthropic Advisor
Kano Advising

Seattle, Washington, United States

Chief Knowledge Officer
Online News Association

Head of AI + Automation Lab and Co-Lead of BR Data
German Public Broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)

Head of National Programs
Lenfest Institute of Journalism

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Subscriber Products Editor
Chronicle of Higher Education

AI Product Manager
The Associated Press

Chief Executive Officer
Adriana Lacy Consulting

Massachusetts, United States

former Data & Democracy Reporter
The Philadelphia Inquirer

Newsletter Editor
Reuters

CEO and Founder
LWC Studios

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Audience Engagement Producer
TEGNA - VERIFY

Professor/Director Logan Center
Temple University

Director/Journalism
Knight Foundation

President anf CEO
Leath Consultant Group

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Executive Director
Woori Center

Director of Information Security
The Intercept

President and CEO
KERA

Dallas, Texas, United States

Senior Editor
CalMatters

General Manager
Parse.ly

Author and Founder
The Institute for Independent Journalists

Director of Development
International Women's Media Foundation

Editor-In-Chief
Voice of San Diego

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
The Green Line

Global editorial director
WIRED

Developmental Editor
Prism Reports

Head of Product Safety Strategy
Spotify

Dublin, Ireland

CEO
WURD Radio/URL Media

Technology Columnist
The Washington Post

Director of Sustainability Initiatives/Journalism
Knight Foundation

Co-Founder
JournoDAO

Director of Strategy, Opinion
The New York Times

Astoria, New York, United States

Founder & Creative Director
YOWIE

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Head
BBC News Labs

Senior Staff Attorney
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

General Manager
WURD Radio

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Executive Director
Central Valley Journalism Collaborative

Dinuba, California, United States

Director of Information Integrity
Microsoft

Director
Trusting News

Sarasota, Florida, United States

Senior Vice President, Chair of the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership
Poynter

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Professor
University of Texas at Austin

Audience Engagement Editor
The Associated Press

New York City, New York, United States

Assistant Managing Editor for Audience
LA Times

President
Military Veterans in Journalism

Dean
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Senior Manager, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America

Founder and CEO
El Paso Matters

El Paso, Texas, United States

Head of Philadelphia Programs
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Independent Consultant
Branchhead Consulting

North Carolina, United States

Vice President, Digital News
Hearst Television

New York, United States

Director of Programs
Online News Association

Advocacy and Outreach Specialist
American Council of the Blind

Alexandria , Virginia, United States

Sr. Director, Content Discovery
Pocket/Mozilla

Newsletter Coach
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Co-Founder
Head Set Immersive

Senior Director, Executive Programs
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Senior Director of Publishing
McClatchy

Edmond, Oklahoma, United States

President and CEO
El Paso Community Foundation

El Paso, Texas, United States

Senior Audience Engagement Editor
Slate

Duncanville, Texas, United States

Head of Operations
The Signals Network

Data Reporter
ProPublica

Manager, Newsletter Audience and Revenue Strategy at Reuters
Reuters

Senior Program Manager
Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

New York, New York, United States

Whistleblower: Healthcare Industry
Center for Health & Democracy

philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

CEO
The Pivot Fund, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Consultant
Media Impact Funders

Yardley , Pennsylvania, United States

Journalist-in-Residence
Century Foundation

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

CEO
TranscribeGlass

California, United States

Learning Director
Online News Association

Indiana, United States

CEO and Publisher
The Connecticut Mirror

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Executive Director
Claridad Media

Editor
The New York Times

Vice President
American Press Institute

Vice President Technology, News
Reuters

Director, Digital Content
TEGNA

Director
Disabled Journalists Association

Founder
YESEO

Co-Executive Director
The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

Writer and Consultant
Snap (Former)

Venice, California, United States

Database Editor for Investigations
The Washington Post

Partnerships
Online News Association

Senior product manager AI strategy
The Associated Press

New York, United States

Computational Journalist
The Marshall Project

Manager, Digital Analytics
NPR

Head of Media Partnerships
Tagboard

Senior Editor
VERIFY

Portland, Oregon, United States

Host
Newsroom Robots

Investigative Reporter
Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, California, United States

CEO
Study Hall + Outvoice

California, United States

Founding Managing Editor
palabra.

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, United States

Senior Product Director
CalMatters

Author
Journey Through Trauma,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Strategic Partner Manager, News
YouTube

Education Lab Editor
AL.com

Reporter
Canadaland Inc.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Senior Editor of Audience News
KQED News

CEO and Editor-in-Chief
Charlottesville Tomorrow

Editor-In-Chief
Teen Vogue

Board Chair
James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States

Vice President, Product
POLITICO

Knight Chair of Data Journalism
Columbia University

Founder, COB / Co-founder
Arepita, 10min

Operations Manager
NASA

Greenbelt, Maryland, United States

Director of Community
Consensys

Senior Customer Success Manager
Chartbeat

Senior Audience Development Editor, Strategy
USA TODAY

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Accessibility Visuals Editor
The New York Times

Lead Producer
LWC Studios

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Multimedia Editor
Science News

Black Media Initiative Director
CUNY

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States

CEO
GPTZero

President
Indigenous Journalists Association

Executive Director
PROTO Studio

Delhi, India

Section Editor
CNN

New York, New York, United States

VP, Content
TEGNA

Managing Producer
LWC Studios

Los Angeles, California, United States

Director, Digital Safety and Free Expression
PEN America

Breaking News Editor
CNN

Reporter / Associate Professor
The Markup / Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY

Founder and President
Rebuild Local News

Abolition Journalism Fellow
Interrupting Criminalization

North Carolina, United States

Founder and CEO
News Revenue Hub

Senior Director of Client Success
News Revenue Hub

Director
Center for Community News, University of Vermont

Hinesburg, Vermont, United States

Editor-in-Chief
The Markup

Senior Editor
USA Today

Director
Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship

Founder & Head
Newspack

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Editorial Director
Prism Reports

Co-Founder and COO
Nota

National Security Correspondent on Extremism
NPR

Visuals Producer
The Wall Street Journal

Director of Newsletter Strategy
The Washington Post

Arlington , Virginia, United States

Global Product Lead
Google (Former)

General Director
Chequeado, Argentina - Factchequeado, US

Argentina

Independent Audio Story Editor/Trainer, JSK Stanford Journalism Fellow '23
Independent