Principal convenor
Minnesota Journalism Center
Minnesota News Council
Discussion hosts
Among Discussion hosts* and co-convenors will be (alphabetical order):
VillageSoup.com
- Richard Anderson, founder, VillageSoup.com
- David Ardia, director, Berkman Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard
- Stephen Clift, of e-Democracy.org local issues forums
- Bill Densmore, Media Giraffe Project at UMass Amherst
- Margaret Duffy, assoc. dean, Missouri Journalism School
- Todd Eskelsen, attorney, Schiff Hardin LLP (tentative)
- Dan Gillmor, Center for Citizen Media at Arizona State Univ.
- Jeremy Iggers, director, Twin Cities Media Alliance / TC Daily Planet
- Kathleen Hansen, director, Minnesota Journalism Center
- Peggy Holman, author, “The Change Handbook”
- Stephen Lacy, Michigan State Univ. local blog researcher
- Michael Orren, founder, PegasusNews.com, Dallas-Ft. Worth
- Joel Kramer, CEO and editor, MinnPost.com
- Chris Peck, editor, Memphis Commercial Appeal
- Jan Schaffer, J-Lab, Univ. of Maryland-College Park
- Stephen Silha, Washington News Council / Media That Matters
- Eesha Williams, author of Grassroots Journalism
- Leonard Witt/Griff Wigley, Kennesaw State University / Representative Journalism
* — “We prefer the term “conversation host” to “speaker.” Bookmark the discussions page for evolving information.”