Of the Press: Models for Preserving
American Journalism
Participant List
Aspen, Colorado  August 16-19, 2009
Participant List
As of August 7, 2009
Madeleine Albright
Chair
Albright Stonebridge Group
Esther Dyson
Chairman
EDventure Holdings
Zoë Baird
President
Markle Foundation
Mike Fancher
Former Executive Editor
The Seattle Times
Marcus Brauchli
Executive Editor
The Washington Post
Lauren Rich Fine
Practitioner in Residence
Kent State University School of
Journalism and Mass
Communication
Merrill Brown
Founder and Principal
MMB Media LLC
John Carroll
Former Editor of the
Los Angeles Times, and
Commissioner
Knight Commission on the
Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Jacob Colker
Co-Founder and Chief Executive
Officer
The Extraordinaries
Gordon Crovitz
Co-Founder
Journalism Online, LLC
Fred Drasner
Director, Chairman of the Board
and Chairman
The Vehicle Production Group, and
Chairman
3 Seasons Capital
Charles M. Firestone
Executive Director
Communications & Society
Program
The Aspen Institute
Jon Funabiki
Professor of Journalism
San Francisco State University
Sue Gardner
Executive Director
Wikimedia Foundation
Richard Gingras
Chief Executive Officer
Salon Media Group
Reed Hundt
Former Chairman
Federal Communications
Commission,
Principal
REH Advisors, and
Commissioner
Knight Commission on the
Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Alberto Ibargüen
President and Chief Executive
Officer
John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation
Walter Isaacson
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Aspen Institute
Lawrence A. Jacobs
Senior Executive Vice President
and Group General Counsel
News Corporation
Jeff Jarvis
Associate Professor and Director
of the Interactive Journalism
Program
City University of New York
Michael Kinsley
Columnist
The Washington Post
Bill Kling
President and Chief Executive
Officer
American Public Media
Jon Leibowitz
Chairman
Federal Trade Commission
Scott Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
voiceofsandiego.org
John Lilly
Chief Executive Officer
Mozilla Corporation
Marissa Mayer
Vice President of Search Products
and User Experience
Google, and
Co-Chair
Knight Commission on the
Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Jon Miller
Chief Digital Officer, Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
Digital Media Group
News Corporation
Craig Newmark
Founder and Customer Service
Representative
craigslist
Eric Newton
Vice President of the Journalism
Program
John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation
John Oliver, Jr.
Publisher and Chief Executive
Officer
Afro-American Newspapers
Theodore B. Olson
Former Solicitor General of the
United States, and
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP,
and Co-Chair
Knight Commission on the
Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Michael Oreskes
Senior Managing Editor
Associated Press
Pamela Passman
Corporate Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel of
Global Corporate Affairs
Microsoft Corporation
Rey Ramsey
Chief Executive Officer
One Economy Corporation, and
Commissioner
Knight Commission on the
Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Patricia Q. Stonesifer
Senior Advisor to the Trustees
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
John W. Rendon, Jr.
President and Chief Executive
Officer
The Rendon Group, Inc.
Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush
Corporate Executive Editor
impreMedia
Robert Rosenthal
Executive Director
Center for Investigative
Reporting
Paul Sagan
President and Chief Executive
Officer
Akamai, and
Commissioner
Knight Commission on the
Information Needs of
Communities in a Democracy
Vivian Schiller
President and Chief Executive
Officer
National Public Radio
Stephen B. Shepard
Founding Dean at the Graduate
School of Journalism
City University of New York
Josh Silver
Executive Director
Free Press
William Dean Singleton
Vice Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
MediaNews Group, Inc.
Brad Smith
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Corporate
Secretary
Microsoft Corporation
Paul Steiger
Editor-in-Chief, President, and
Chief Executive
ProPublica
Cynthia Typaldos
Founder and President
Kachingle
Staff:
Amy Garmer
Director of Journalism Projects
Communications and Society
Program
The Aspen Institute
Peter Hauck
City University of New York
Graduate School of Journalism
Jere Hester
Founding Director
NYCity News Service
City University of New York
Graduate School of Journalism
Peter Keefer
Program Associate
Communications and Society
Program
The Aspen Institute
Jennifer McFadden
Business Analyst
New Business Models for News
City University of New York
Graduate School of Journalism
Erin Silliman
Project Manager
Communications and Society
Program
The Aspen Institute
Sarah Snodgress
Project Manager
Communications and Society
Program
The Aspen Institute
Judy Watson
Associate Dean
City University of New York
Graduate School of Journalism