Ujjwal  Acharya  is  a  leading  online  journalist  in  Nepal,  with  a  history  of  being  a  pioneer  blogger.  He  set  up   a  sports  website  for  cricket  in  2001  and  championed  blogging  for  democracy  in  2004-­‐5.  He  also  helped   create   Nepal’s   premier   news   website,   myrepublica.com
,   after   leaving   a   job   as   the   sports   bureau   coordinator  at   The  Kathmandu  Post  daily,  where  he  worked  as  a  print  journalist  for  eight  years.  An  active   social  media  user,  journalism  teacher/trainer  and  advocate  of  freedom  of  expression,  Ujjwal  chairs  the
Digital   Media   Committee   at   the   Federation   of   Nepali   Journalists   –   an   umbrella   organization   of   8,000   journalists.  Twitter:   @UjjwalAcharya
Lion  Calandra  joined  FoxNews.com  as  a  senior  editor  in  2010.  Previously,  she  spent  18  years  as  an  editor   at  the   New  York  Daily  News ,  where  she  served  as  a  member  of  the  paper’s  editorial  board.  She  honed   her   editing   and   writing   skills   at   The   Wall   Street   Journal ,   Crain’s   New   York   Business   and   the   Columbia
Journalism  Review.  Her  writing  has  appeared  on  FoxNews.com,   thecrimereport.org
,  and  in  the   New  York
Daily  News ,   The  New  York  Times ,  the   Christian  Science  Monitor  and  Columbia  Journalism  Review.  Lion  is   a  Guggenheim  Fellow  from  John  Jay  College  of  Criminal  Justice  and  a  Jennings  Fellow  with  the  National
Constitution  Center.
Raju  Chebium  covers  Congress  for  Gannett.  He  tracks  delegations  from  California,  Colorado,  Oregon  and
Guam  –  covering  issues  important  to  those  areas.  He  also  has  served  as  the  New  Jersey  correspondent   and   national   education   writer   at   the   Gannett   Washington   Bureau.   Before   joining   Gannett   in   2001,   he   was  a  reporter  for  The  Associated  Press  and  legal-­‐affairs  writer  for  CNN.com.  He  has  reported  from  his   native  India,  Appalachia  and  New  Jersey.  He  was  the  first  journalist  to  alert  the  world  to  the  1996  ValuJet   crash  in  the  Florida  Everglades.  Twitter:   @rchebium
Hena   Cuevas   is   a   correspondent   for   Univision   in   Los   Angeles.   She   has   won   the   Emmy,   Golden   Mike,
Imagen  and  Genesis  awards.  She  has  trained  journalists  in  Bolivia,  Dominican  Republic,  Guatemala,  Haiti,
Indonesia,  Panama,  Peru  and  Nicaragua.  A  Fulbright  scholar,  Cuevas  worked  as  a  producer/correspondent   for  CNN,  as  well  as  assignment  editor  and  anchor  for  CNN  EN  ESPAÑOL.  She  has  also  been  a  U.S.-­‐based   correspondent   for   stations   in   Chile,   Spain   and   Venezuela.   Cuevas   has   native-­‐language   proficiency   in
English  and  Spanish.  She  was  born  and  raised  in  Panama  City,  Panama.  Twitter:   @Henac

Nigel  Duara  is  a  reporter  in  the  Portland,  Ore.,  bureau  of  The  Associated  Press,  with  a  concentration  on   law  enforcement,  courts  and  terrorism.  Duara  has  spent  two  years  in  Oregon  writing  enterprise  stories   on  medical  marijuana,  an  attempted  bomb  plot  and  the  secret  files  of  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America.  He  was   previously  the  wire  service’s  correspondent  in  Iowa  City.  Before  joining  the  AP,  Duara  covered  a  host  of   beats  at  the   Montgomery  Advertiser  and  was  the   Des  Moines  Register ’s  night  cops  reporter.  He  is  a  2005   graduate  of  the  Missouri  School  of  Journalism.  Twitter:   @nigelduara .
Amie   Ferris-­‐Rotman   is   senior   correspondent   at   Reuters   in   Afghanistan,   where   she   focuses   on   the   struggles  Afghan  women  face  11  years  into  the  NATO-­‐led  war.  She  joined  Reuters  in  2006,  earning  a  spot   on  its  competitive  training  scheme.  She  then  worked  in  the  Moscow  bureau  for  five  years,  first  as  an   energy   reporter   and   later   as   political   correspondent,   covering   the   Islamist   insurgency   in   the   North
Caucasus.    Previously,  she  was  a  steel  reporter  for  an  online  trade  magazine  in  London.  She  has  reported   from  10  countries,  and  has  a  B.A.  and  M.A.  in  Russian  Studies  from  University  College  London.  Twitter:
@Amiefr_Reuters
Roseanne  Gerin  is  a  senior  news  editor  at  China  Radio  International  in  Beijing,  where  she  edits  stories  for
CRI’s  English-­‐language  website,  mobile  platform  and  broadcast  programs.  She  formerly  was  an  editorial   consultant  at  Beijing  Review  magazine,  where  she  worked  with  the  business  and  world  news  teams  and   provided  journalism  training.  Previously,  Gerin  was  a  staff  writer  at  Washington  Technology  magazine,   covering  systems  integrators  and  telecom  companies  competing  for  government  contracts.  Before  her
Washington  stint,  she  worked  in  Poland  at  the   Warsaw  Business  Journal  as  the  paper’s  IT,  Internet  and   telecom  reporter,  and  later  moved  up  to  news  editor,  managing  editor  and  editor  in  chief.
Jan  Goodwin  is  an  author  and  writer  for  national  publications  including   The  New  York  Times ,  The  Nation,
Harper’s  Bazaar,  Discover,  MORE  Magazine,  Ladies’  Home  Journal,  Glamour,  Reader’s  Digest  and  Utne.
Topics   include   investigative   reportage,   social   justice,   war,   conflict   and   human   rights,   medicine   and   health.   She   is   a   Senior   Fellow   at   Brandeis   University’s   Schuster   Institute   for   Investigative   Journalism.
Goodwin  is  the  author  of  two  books  :  Price  of  Honor,  which  examines  how  Islamic  extremism  is  affecting   the  lives  of  women;  and  Caught  in  the  Crossfire,  for  which  she  spent  three  months  traveling  with  the
Afghan  mujahideen  behind  enemy  lines  during  the  protracted  Afghan  war.  Twitter:   @jangoodwin
David   Gurien   is   a   veteran   television   and   online   journalist   with   extensive   experience   in   local   and   international  newswriting  and  production.  He  is  a  senior  writer  and  news  editor  for  CNN  International,   whose   work   reaches   an   average   daily   viewership   of   a   quarter-­‐billion   people   worldwide.   He   also   has   written  international  news  and  feature  articles  and  photo  essays  for  CNN.com,  the  world’s  second-­‐most   viewed  news  website.  Gurien  has  worked  in  and/or  traveled  in  some  30  countries  on  five  continents.
Through   the   U.S.   State   Department’s   Speakers   and   Specialists   program,   Gurien   has   taught   journalism   ethics  and  practice  to  journalists  in  emerging  countries  including  Turkmenistan,  Slovenia  and  Botswana.

Andrea   Hsu   is   a   producer   with   NPR’s   “All   Things   Considered”   in   Washington,   D.C.   Since   2002,   she’s   worked   to   bring   news   and   information   to   a   national   audience.   She’s   brought   listeners   stories   about   healthcare   in   rural   Mozambique,   about   the   growing   carbon   footprint   of   Chinese   families,   and   about   extraordinary  everyday  people.  In  2008,  Andrea  led  the  NPR  team  that  covered  the  massive  earthquake   in  southwest  China.  In  2011,  she  was  the  supervising  producer  of  the  “All  Things  Considered”  series  on   women  and  childbirth.  In  addition  to  her  work  as  a  producer,  Andrea  also  does  her  own  on-­‐air  reporting   and  takes  half-­‐decent  photographs.  Twitter:   @xuzhuping
Martha  Kang's  aim  as  a  journalist  has  been  two-­‐fold:  to  become  a  better  storyteller,  and  to  adapt  early  to   the   changes   reshaping   the   news   industry.   Early   signs   of   the   newspaper's   demise   led   her   to   study   broadcast  news  instead.  She  thrived  as  a  TV  news  writer  and  producer  until  web  news  emerged.  Martha   became  a  web  journalist  in  2006,  and  immersed  herself  in  the  study  of  new  media.  Her  self-­‐driven  efforts   were   rewarded   last   year   when   she   was   chosen   to   spearhead   her   newsroom's   social   media   strategy.
Martha  is  dedicated  to  the  pursuit  of  truth  and  to  the  preservation  of  the  role  of  journalism  as  a  pillar  of   democracy  as  it  transitions  into  the  next  era.  Twitter:   @martha_kang
Henrick  Karoliszyn  is  a  staff  writer  at  the   New  York  Daily  News .  Since  2008,  he  has  reported  the  biggest   crime  and  breaking  news  stories  throughout  New  York  City  and  reported  around  the  country  for  national   stories.  In  2009,  he  was  awarded  the  Society  of  Silurians  Award.  In  2012,  he  was  awarded  a  fellowship  at
John   Jay   College   of   Criminal   Justice   and   a   Jon   Davidoff   Journalism   Award   from   Wesleyan   University.
Previously,  he  held  jobs  at  Rolling  Stone  magazine  and  the   New  York  Times .  Originally  from  Montreal,  he   was  raised  in  Queens,  N.Y.  Prior  to  journalism,  he  was  a  professional  surfer.  Twitter:   @NYDN_Henrick
Nine  years  ago,  when  Sayli  Udas  Mankikar  started  off  as  a  city  beat  reporter,  she  set  a  goal  of  becoming   an  editor.  She  is  now  an  assistant  editor  at   Hindustan  Times ,  India’s  leading  daily  broadsheet  with  a  3.8   million  circulation.  She  writes  and  investigates  on  issues  related  to  government  policy  and  politics  from
Mumbai.  She  studied  journalism  at  the  University  of  Westminster  in  the  United  Kingdom.  In  2009,  she   won  the  prestigious  Ramnath  Goenka  Award  for  her  crusade  in  saving  green  open  spaces  from  greedy   developers  in  Mumbai.
Issa   A.   Mansaray   is   the   founder   of   the   Africa   Institute   for   International   Reporting   (AIIR)   a   nonprofit   organization   to   support   journalists   and   media   education   in   developing   countries.   Issa   is   also   editor   of
The  AfricaPaper  –   www.theafricapaper.com
–  with  a  national  and  international  readership.  Born  in  Sierra
Leone,   he   has   traveled   through   Africa,   Europe   and   the   United   States   reporting   on   press   freedom,   socioeconomic   development   and   human   rights.   He   is   a   frequent   contributor   to   international   and   national   magazines   and   newspapers   including   the   Minnesota   Spokesman-­‐Recorder .   He   has   a   master’s   from  the  Columbia  University  Graduate  School  of  Journalism.  Twitter:   @theafricapaper

Michael  J.  Mishak  is  a  statehouse  reporter  for  the   Los  Angeles  Times ,  where  he  tweets,  blogs,  and  writes   investigative   and   analysis   stories   about   California   politics.   His   reporting   prompted   Gov.   Jerry   Brown’s   administration  to  write  the  state’s  first-­‐ever  rules  to  regulate  fracking;  another  story  revealed  how  Brown   fired  regulators  who  challenged  his  demand  to  ease  key  rules  for  oil  companies  that  contributed  to  his   campaign.  Before  moving  to  Sacramento  in  2010,  Mishak  covered  politics  and  labor  for  the   Las  Vegas  Sun ,   where  he  contributed  to  a  Pulitzer  Prize-­‐winning  series  about  construction  worker  deaths  on  the  Strip.
The  Nevada  Press  Association  named  him  the  state’s  best  young  journalist.  Twitter:   @mjmishak
Since  2006,  Manuel  Moreno  Molina  has  been  editorial  manager  at  NetMediaEurope,  heading  a  team  of
12   journalists   who   publish   six   IT   and   economics   websites   in   Europe,   such   as   eWEEK,   The   Inquirer   and
Gizmodo.  In  2009,  he  launched  on  his  own   TreceBits.com
,  the  most  important  website  about  social  media   and   digital   journalism   in   Spanish,   usually   said   to   be   the   Spanish   Mashable.   He   gives   digital   journalism   presentations   at   conferences,   contributes   to   radio   programs   and   teaches   Journalism   2.0   in   a   business   school.  He  is  writing  a  book  about  social  media  journalism.  He  started  his  career  at   El  Mundo  newspaper,   where  he  worked  from  2002  to  2006.  Twitter:   @TreceBits
Lee   Ann   O’Neal   is   a   new   media   entrepreneur   who   helped   found   an   investigative   news   website,   Texas
Watchdog,   in   2008.   She   edits   stories,   creates   graphics   and   does   computer-­‐assisted   reporting   for   the   award-­‐winning   site,   online   at   www.texaswatchdog.org
.   Previously,   Lee   Ann   worked   as   government   and
First  Amendment  editor  for  the   Asheville  (N.C.)   Citizen-­‐Times  and  reporter  at  the   Tennessean  in  Nashville,   where  she  covered  City  Hall  and  growth  and  development.  She  got  her  start  in  journalism  at  the   Hustler ,   the  student  newspaper  at  Vanderbilt  University  in  Nashville.  Lee  Ann  is  from  West  Tennessee.
David  Plazas  is  the  engagement  editor  of  the  News-­‐Press ,  a  Gannett  daily  in  Fort  Myers,  Fla.  He  oversees   digital  journalism  and  social  media,  champions  local  content  and  digital  community  engagement  efforts,   and   serves   on   the   editorial   board.   Plazas   was   founding   editor   of   the   award-­‐winning   Gaceta   Tropical ,
Southwest  Florida’s  first  weekly  Spanish-­‐language  newspaper.  He  has  a  bachelor’s  and  master’s  degrees   in   journalism   from   Northwestern   University.   He   was   previously   a   reporter   for   the   News-­‐Press .   Plazas   earned  bachelor’s  and  master’s  degrees  in  journalism  from  Northwestern  University,  and  an  M.B.A.  from
Florida  Gulf  Coast  University.  Twitter:   @davidplazas
Marcia  Pledger  has  been  a  financial  journalist  for  most  of  her  24-­‐year  career.  Currently  a  reporter  for  the
Plain  Dealer  who  covers  technology,  she’s  the  author  of  “My  Biggest  Mistake,”  a  compilation  of  some  the
400   businesses   she's   featured.   For   the   last   decade,   she's   written   a   column   sharing   insights   from   entrepreneurs   who   reveal   how   they   turned   adversity   into   success,   and   recently   launched   a   business   etiquette  blog  exploring  mistakes  we  all  observe  and  occasionally  commit.  Marcia  is  a  graduate  of  the
University  of  Missouri  who  has  served  the  National  Association  of  Black  Journalists  as  chapter  founder   and  national  board  member.  Twitter:   @MarciaPledger

Pamela  M.  Prah  has  been  a  Washington,  D.C.,  reporter  for  more  than  25  years  and  an  adjunct  journalism   teacher  at  American  University  since  2001.  For  eight  years,  she  has  been  a  writer,  editor,  news  aggregator   and  manager  at   Stateline.org
,  where  her  stories  about  state  elections  were  cited  in  the   Washington  Post ,
Wall   Street   Journal   and   on   CBS.   She   has   reported   for   Congressional   Quarterly,   Kiplinger,   BNA   (now
Bloomberg-­‐BNA),  and  McGraw-­‐Hill,  where  she  covered  business  and  labor  from  the  White  House,  Capitol
Hill  and  regulatory  agencies.  She  has  a  master’s  from  Johns  Hopkins  University  and  a  journalism  degree   from  Ohio  University.
Frances  Robles  has   covered   South   Florida,   the   Caribbean   and   Latin   America   for   nearly   two   decades.   In
2013,  she  joined  the   New  York  Times ,  where  she  will  be  a  joint  national  and  foreign  correspondent.  She   spent  19  years  at  the   Miami  Herald .  A  former  Central  America  correspondent,  she  was  bureau  chief  in
Bogotá,  where  she  covered  government  collapses  in  four  countries,  a  civil  war  and  specialized  in  social   justice  issues.  Robles  was  a  member  of  two  Pulitzer  Prize-­‐winning  teams  and  was  a  finalist  for  two  more.
She   was   the   programming   chair   for   the   2011   and   2009   NAHJ   national   conventions.   Twitter:
@FrancesRobles
Andrew  Tilghman  is  a  Pentagon  correspondent  for  the   Military  Times  newspapers.  He  began  covering  the   military   community   as   an   Iraq   correspondent   for   Stars   and   Stripes   in   2005.   Prior   to   that,   he   was   a   reporter  for  the   Houston  Chronicle ,  the   Times  Union  in  Albany,  N.Y.,  and  the  Associated  Press.  A  Columbia
Journalism  School  grad,  he  won  several  awards  for  a  2010  investigative  series  on  the  rise  in  prescription   drug  use  in  the  military,  and  its  link  to  suicides  and  fatal  drug  overdoses,  including  the  top  prize  from  the
Military  Reporters  &  Editors  journalism  contest  in  2011.  Twitter:   @andrewtilghman
Josh  Voorhees  is  an  editor  at  Slate,  where  he  writes  about  current  affairs  and  runs  the  site's  news  blog,
The   Slatest.   Before   joining   the   magazine,   he   reported   on   energy   policy   and   politics   for   Politico   and
Greenwire.  Before  that,  he  covered  courts  and  crime  for  a  small  South  Carolina  daily.  His  work  also  has   been  published  by  the   New  York  Times  and  Scientific  American,  and  he  has  been  featured  as  a  guest  on   public  radio  in  the  United  States  and  abroad.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Davidson  College  and  holds  a  certificate   in  technology  and  communication  from  the  University  of  North  Carolina's  journalism  school.  He  lives  in
Iowa  City.  Twitter:   @JoshVoorhees
Pamela  Weintraub  is  executive  editor  at  Discover  Magazine,  where  she  has  worked  since  2007.  Stories   acquired   for   Discover   have   garnered   numerous   honors   for   long-­‐form,   narrative   and   investigative   journalism.  She  is  also  author  of  “Cure  Unknown:  Inside  the  Lyme  Epidemic,”  winner  of  the  American
Medical   Writers   Association   Book   Award,   2009.   Previously,   she   was   consulting   features   editor   at
Psychology  Today,  executive  editor  at  MAMM,  and  editor-­‐in-­‐chief  at  OMNI,  where  she  held  a  variety  of   titles  for  16  years.  She  is  the  author  or  co-­‐author  of  16  books  and  has  written  hundreds  of  stories  for

national  magazines.  She  was  founding  editor-­‐in-­‐chief  of  OMNI  Internet,  1996-­‐1998.  Twitter:   @pam3001