Attending participants in the June 28-July 1 MGP2006 summit at UMass Amherst

Here’s a list of co-conveners and and other people who attended all or some of “Democracy & Independence: Sharing News & Politics in a Connected World,” June 28-July 1, 2006 at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. You may click the EDIT tab on the top of this page and add your name (alphabetical by last name) if you attended and your name is not listed here. Feel free to link to bio material or one relevant website. Contact Bill Densmore at 413-458-8001 with questions about this list. You can also view a list of registered attendees compiled before June 28.

1. Aby Adams, The Information Collective
2. Anthony Advincula, Independent Press Association
3. Faye Anderson, citizen journalist, Anderson-at-Large
4. Derek Anderson, VillageSoup.com VillageSoup.com
5. Richard M. Anderson, VillageSoup.com
6. Steve Anderson, CoaNews.org
7. Gillian Andrews, doctoral student, Columbia Univ. Teachers College
8. Thomas Cashman Avila, Deputy Executive Director, National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association
9. Paul Bass, New Haven Independent
10. Michael Ball, political blogger, Marry in Massachusetts
11. Marty Baron, The Boston Globe
12. Alison Bass, Brandeis University
13. Doug Battema, professor, Western New England College
14. Ken Bazinet, New York Daily News
15. David Beers, The Tyee
16. Peter Bhatia, Portland Oregonian
17. Nick Belanger, Massachusetts Daily Collegian
18. Kay Berenson, The [Greenfield Mass.] Recorder & N.E. Newspaper Assn.
19. Larry Bloch, MGP profile Radio Free Brattleboro
20. Deborah Boisvert, Philbrick James Forum
21. Wally Bowen, Mountain Area Information Network
22. John Boyer, Media For America Campaign
23. John Bourke, EPluribus Media
24. Heather Brandon, Freelance urban blogger and editor/youth media educator, Springfield, MA
25. Steve Brant, Trimtab Management Systems [1] (Huffington Post blogger)
26. Scott Brodeur, Advance Internet
27. Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez, Simons Rock College of Bard
28. John Burke, World Assn. of Newspapers Editor’s Weblog
29. Rick Burnes, Faneuil Media
30. John Byrne, RawStory.org
31. David Carlson, Society of Professional Journalists
32. Kristi Ceccarossi, The Brattleboro Reformer
33. Cho (penname), ePluribus Media
34. Frederick Clarkson, author; president, Talk to Action
35. Steven Clift, Democracies Online Newswire and E-Democracy.Org
36. Sandra Close, New America Media
37. Kristin Collins, Island Institute (Maine)
38. Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America
39. Michael Cote, EPluribus Media
40. Robert Cox, Media Bloggers Association
41. Vin Crosbie, Digital Deliverance and Corante’s Rebuilding Media
42. Chris Daly, Boston Univ. School of Journalism
43. John Daley, Daleyblog
44. Geoffrey Davidian,MINIBIO, The Putnam Pit / MilwaukeePress.net/ [2] / [3]
45. Steve Davis, S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University
46. Rafael DeGennaro, ReadtheBill.org
47. Michae DeChiara, WonkNot.net blog
48. Eric Deggans, media critic, St. Petersburg Times
49. Lynn Delaney, New England Press Assn. / Milton [Vt.] Independent
50. Bill Densmore, Media Giraffe Project
51. Julie Dobrow, Tufts University
52. Ken Doctor, Content Bridges
53. Jon Donley, NOLA.COM / Times-Picayune, front pages
54. Brian Dominick, The NewStandard
55. Jessica Duda, Center for Social Media at American University
56. Lance Dutson, Maine Web Report
57. Rick Edmonds, The Poynter Institute
58. Amy Eisman, American University School of Communications
59. Larry Elin, S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University
60. Fabrice Florin, NewsTrust
61. Ed Fouhy, Pew Center on the States / Stateline.org
62. Jeffrey Fox, ConsumerPower.org
63. Steve Fox, WashingtonPost.com
64. David Franke, American Target Advertising
65. Andrea Frantz, Wilkes University / AEJMC
66. Lewis Friedland, UW-Madison
67. Susan Gallagher, professor, UMass Lowell
68. Brenda Garton, Western New England College
69. Mark Frydenberg, Bentley College
70. Steve Garfield, Rockeboom.com
71. Jon Garfunkel, Civilities.net
72. Eddy Goldberg, Clearpoint Communications
73. Eric Goldscheider BenLaguer.com freelance writer
74. Margo Gordon, University of Washington, and Sound Research Strategies
75. Paul Grabowicz, UC-Berkeley Journalism School
76. Stephen Gray, Newspaper Next at the American Press Institute
77. Lynn Gregory, professor, public communications, Univ. of Vermont
78. Melissa Graykin, Philbrick James Forum
79. Tish Grier, Corante Media Hub
80. Chris Grotke, iBrattleboro.com
81. Donna Halper, Donna Halper & Associates
82. Teresa Hanafin, editor, Boston.com at The Boston Globe
83. Sabah Hamamou, newspaper reporter, Al-Ahram, Cairo, Egypt
84. Tanya Harned, EPluribus Media
85. Adrian Holovaty, WashingtonPost.com
86. Gregory Herbert, Greenberg Traurig
87. Heidi Holtan, producer/host, KAXE Northern Community Radio – Minnesota, [4]
88. Brant Houston, Investigative Reporters & Editors
89. Richard Howe, LowellDems.org
90. Kevin Howley, DePauw University
91. Ellen Hume, Univ. of Mass. Center on Media and Society / Ethnic Media Project
92. Aldon Hynes (BLOG), Center for Online Investigative Journalism
93. Bill Israel, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst
94. Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine.com / LINK#2 / CUNY journalism
95. Jane Johnston, editor, The Newburgh (N.Y.) Advocate
96. Gordon Joseloff,WestportNow.com
97. Sheila Kaplan, Publisher, Education New York
98. Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash.COM
99. Susan Kaplan, Host of PBS affiliate WGBY’s Watercooler and freelancer for NPR.
100. Jill Kaufman, WFCR Five College Radio (NPR)
101. Gary Kebbel, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
102. Dan Kennedy, Media Nation, Northeastern University School of Journalism
103. Conor Kenny, CongressPedia.org
104. Jiah Kim, Free Speech TV
105. Jemima Kiss, freelance journalist and London contributor for paidContent.org, U.K.
106. Steve Klein, Coordinator, Electronic Journalism Program , George Mason University
107. Staci Kramer, PaidContent.ORG
108. Peter Krasilovsky, Krasilovsky Consulting
109. Melissa Krodman, Project Think Different, Boston
110. Ed Kubosiak, MassLive.com
111. Lise LePage, iBrattleboro.com
112. Jill Lang, online instructor, Citizen Journalism on the Web (UMass)
113. Martin Langeveld, The Brattleboro Reformer
114. Elizabeth LeDoux, Bentley College
115. Ed Lenert, Univ. of Nevada-Reno School of Journalism
116. Rosalyn Lemieux, MoveOn.org / New Organizing Institute
117. Charles Lewis, founder, Center for Public Integrity
118. Sanford Lewis, Esq. Corporate Watchdog Radio Podcast
119. Jo Lee, CitizenSpeak.org
120. Casey Lide, Baller Herbst Law Firm
121. Donna Liu, University Channel
122. Mark Lopez, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
123. Christopher Lydon, Open Source Radio
124. Ndesanjo Macha, Kiswahili blog, Digital Africa
125. Christopher Mackin, Ownership Associates Inc. [5]
126. Wayne MacPhail, Rabble Podcast Network and w8nc inc.
127. Maureen Mann,Melissa Graykin, Bob Mann / Philbrick James Forum (N.H.), also [6]
128. Thomas Marban, PopUrls.com
129. Michael McAlpin, WGBH-TV, Boston
130. Emily McKhann, Been There Clearinghouse
131. Joseph McQuaid, The Loeb School / New Hampshire Union Leader
132. Ilona Meagher, ePluribus Media
133. John McManus, Grade the News
134. Benjamin Melancon, People Who Give a Damn
135. Philip Meyer, Univ. of North Carolina
136. Meredith McCullough, Bedford, Mass.
137. Robin “Roblimo” Miller, Slashdot.com
138. Terry Mollner, The Trusteeship Institute
139. Robb Montgomery, Founder Visual Editors.com, Merging Forms: Is the Medium Still the Message
140. Herbert Moyer, middle-high school teacher, Pittsfield, N.H.,Founding Board Member of Democracy For New Hampshire #http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com Herb Moyer]
141. Cooper Munroe, Been There Clearinghouse
142. Erik Muten, DramaWorks InterActive
143. Jeffrey Napolitano, UMass Graduate Student Senate
144. Christian Nelson, Springfield Technical Community College
145. Shava Nerad, Tor executive director
146. Meredith O’Brien, University of Massachusetts Journalism Program, blogger
147. Don Ogden,Western Mass. Indymedia
148. Jim Paulin, Alaska free-lancer
149. Chris Peck, editor, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis
150. Barry Parr, CoastSider and Jupiter Research
151. Dale Peskin, The Media Center at API
152. Peter Phillips, Project Censored at Sonoma State Univ.
153. Chellie Pingree, president, Common Cause
154. David Platt, Island Institute, Maine
155. Vikki Porter, Knight New Media Center, Univ. of Southern California
156. Juana Ponce de Leon, Independent Press Association
157. Stephen Post, news editorial director, WMUA Amherst
158. Jeff Potter, Potter Publishing Studio
159. Adam Powell, USC-Virterbi Integrated Media Center, INTERVIEW
160. Lee Rainie, Pew Internet & American Life Project
161. Laura Reed, Hampshire College, Amherst MA
162. Daniela Reif, Omidyar Network
163. Barbara J. Roche, UMass journalism program
164. Colin Rhinesmith, Berkman Center for Internet & Society and ACMEBoston
165. Anthony Ronzio, VillageSoup
166. Jay Rosen, PressThink.org and New York Univ.
167. Tom Rosenstiel, Project on Excellence in Journalism
168. Craig Sandler, (AUDIO),State House News Service/ IssueSource.org, (Mass.)
169. Elena Sassower, Center for Judicial Accountability
170. http://go.philly.com/satullo Chris Satullo], editorial page editor, Philadelphia Inquierer
171. Carol Scott, communications consultant, East Greenwich, R.I.
172. David Scribner, Scribbyworld.com
173. Jim Shaffer, Southern Maine Univ. Business School
174. Josh Silver, FreePress.net
175. Stephen Silha, Journalism that Matters
176. Norm Sims, University of Massachusetts
177. Michael Skoler, Minnesota Public Radio’s Public Insight Journalism
178. Bob Stepno, University of Tennessee School of Journalism & El.Media
179. Erin Stark, Free Speech TV
180. Jane Ellen Stevens, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Rejournalism
181. Douglas Stewart, National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assn.
182. Tom Stites, UU World and Center for Public Integrity
183. Michael Stoll, Grade the News
184. Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie.com
185. Teresa Styles, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State College
186. Grace Sullivan, Manchester NH Community Television
187. Megan Tady, The NewStandard
188. Cynthia Thames, blogger, Boston Eye
189. Paul Thomas, ePluribus Media
190. Helen Thomas, Hearst Newspapers White House columnist
191. Michael Tippett, NowPublic.com
192. Sally Turner, consultant, Making Connections Providence also: [7]
193. Richard Viguerie, author, political strategist
194. Andrew Varnon, Valley Advocate
195. Jerry Villacres, Ethnic Media Project of Boston
196. Scott Walker, Media Giraffe Project
197. Keith Walker, Anacapa/NDN
198. David Wallace, Deadlines.net, Boston
199. David Warsh, EconomicPrincipals.com
200. Eric A. Watts, author/blogger
201. Peter Wells, publisher, The Providence American
202. George White, Center for Communications and Community, UCLA
203. Robert Washburn, Online Democracy.ca, Canada
204. Lisa Williams, H2OTown.info
205. Eesha Williams, author, Grassroots Journalism
206. Rob Williams, Action Coalition for Media Education
207. Stephen Wilmarth
208. John Wilpers, Marshfield, Mass.
209. Holmes Wilson, Participatory Culture Foundation
210. Josh Wilson, Newsdesk.org