Jtm-mn-hosts

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.”