Presenters
The National Conference for Media Reform features nearly 300 amazing speakers and performers. They range from experts on Internet law to a Tony Award-winning playwright, and from a Nobel laureate to organizers working on the front lines of the media reform movement.
Mignon Clyburn
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Michael Copps
Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Donna F. Edwards
U.S. Representative
Amy Goodman
Democracy Now!
Glenn Greenwald
Salon
Sarah Jones
Playwright and Performer
Edward Markey
U.S. Representative
Erin McKeown
Musician and activist
Craig Newmark
craigslist
Nancy Pelosi
House Democratic Leader
Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Nobel Laureate
Craig Aaron
Incoming President and CEO, Free Press
Jonathan Adelstein
Rural Utilities Service Administrator, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Yochai Benkler
Harvard University
Lee Bollinger
Columbia University
Susan Crawford
Former White House Technology Adviser
Malkia Cyril
Center for Media Justice
Davey D
Hard Knock Radio
Mike Doyle
U.S. Representative
Bob Edgar
Common Cause
David Fanning
Executive Producer, FRONTLINE
Laura Flanders
Grit TV
Kim Gandy
Feminist Majority
Erin Gibson
Current TV's Infomania
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Juan Gonzalez
Democracy Now!/ New York Daily News
Ben Huh
Founder, Cheezburger Network
Paula Kerger
PBS
Jean Kilbourne
Media Scholar
Lawrence Lessig
Harvard University
Robert W. McChesney
Media scholar
John Nichols
The Nation, Capital Times
James Rucker
ColorOfChange.org
Reihan Salam
Journalist
Rinku Sen
Publisher of Colorlines.com
David Shuster
Emmy Award-winning journalist
Josh Silver
Outgoing President and CEO, Free Press
Carole Simpson
Emerson College
Lawrence Strickling
U.S. Department of Commerce
Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation
Elon James White
This Week in Blackness
Jonathan Zittrain
Harvard University
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Democracy Now!
Mara Abrams
Social entrepreneur
Bill Allison
Sunlight Foundation
Jed Alpert
CEO, Mobile Commons
Virginia Alvarado
Diario de México USA
Joaquin Alvarado
American Public Media
Marvin Ammori
Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law
C.W. Anderson
Professor of Media Culture, College of Staten Island (CUNY)
Katie Andriulli
Campus Progress
Tina Antolini
State of the Re:Union
Eric Arnold
Writer and photographer
Jonathan Askin
Brooklyn Law School
Patricia Aufderheide
University Professor, American University
Maggie Avener
Organizer, Prometheus Radio Project
Kenneth Bailey
The Design Center for Social Intervention
Jared Ball
Morgan State University
Jason Barnett
Founder, TheUpTake.org
Alex Beam
Journalist and author
Nicole Belanger
Coordinator, Cambridge Community Television
Emily Bell
Tow Center for Digital Journalism
Sara Benincasa
Comedian, writer and talk show host
Lisa Bennett
National Organization for Women
Charles Benton
Benton Foundation
Cara Lisa Berg Powers
Co-director, Press Pass TV
Nina Bianchi
Detroit Project Archive
Carrie Biggs-Adams
Communication Workers of America
Paul Billings
WUVS-LP
Joel Bleifuss
Editor and Publisher, In These Times
Akilah Bolden-Monifa
CBS Local Media
David Bollier
Author and activist
Leo Bonanni
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
John Bonifaz
Free Speech for People
Kwan Booth
Journalist and media strategist
Renata Borges Teodoro
Immigrants rights activist
Rick Borovoy
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Matt Bors
Cartoonist
Chris Boulton
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Kate Bovitch
Gender non-conformity activist
Wally Bowen
Mountain Area Information Network
Joshua Breitbart
Senior Field Analyst, Open Technology Initiative
Leo Burd
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Eric Burns
Bullfight Strategies
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Michael Calabrese
New America Foundation
Angela Campbell
Georgetown Law
Carly Carioli
The Boston Phoenix
James Carlson
Carlson Wireless Technologies
Fabiola Carrión
Progressive States Network
Andy Carvin
Senior strategist, NPR Social Media
Edyael Casaperalta
Center for Rural Strategies
Kenyatta Cheese
Web series creator
Jeff Chester
Center for Digital Democracy
Laurie Cirivello
Executive Director/CEO, Grand Rapids Community Media Center
Jessica Clark
Director, Future of Public Media Project at American University
Candace Clement
Outreach Manager, Free Press
Rosa Clemente
Community organizer, hip-hop activist
Doug Clopp
Common Cause
Jeff Cohen
Founding Director, Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College
David Cohn
Fellow, Reynolds Institute of Journalism
Gabriella Coleman
New York University
Jessica Collins
Program Director, Media Literacy Project
Rachel Colyer
Media and Democracy Coalition
Lillie Coney
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Cheryl Contee
Fission Strategy
Stevie Converse
Free Press
Jean Cook
Future of Music Coalition
Mary Alice Crim
Free Press
Letrell Crittenden
Lincoln University, Voice of Philadelphia
Callie Crossley
WGBH
Derrick Crowe
Brave New Foundation
Colin Crowell
President, Crowell Strategies LLC
DeAnne Cuellar
Executive Director, Media Justice League
Gavin Dahl
Community Broadcast Coordinator, Common Frequency
Kert Davies
Research Director, Greenpeace USA
Kyle de Beausset
Migrant advocate
Kenneth DeGraff
Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
amalia deloney
Grassroots Policy Director, Center for Media Justice
Parul Desai
Communications Policy Counsel, Consumers Union
Charles DeTar
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Kate Dobroth
Gunpowder Gelatine
Brandy Doyle
Prometheus Radio Project
Judy Dumont
Director, Massachusetts Broadband Institute
John Dunbar
Project Director, Investigative Reporting Workshop at America University
Jessica Durkin
Knight Media Policy Fellow, New America Foundation
Steve Early
Journalist and author
Laura L. Efurd
ZeroDivide
Mike Elk
Labor journalist, union organizer
Michael J. Epstein
Musician/Writer
Eli Epstein
Union Press
Markham Erickson
Open Internet Coalition
Eric Esteves
Project Hip Hop
Ernesto Falcon
Director of Government Affairs, Public Knowledge
Lee Fang
ThinkProgress
Chris Faraone
Boston Phoenix
Amina Fazlullah
Benton Foundation
Harold Feld
Legal Director, Public Knowledge
Tom Fiedler
College of Communication, Boston University
Matthew Filipowicz
Comedian/Cartoonist/Satirist
Lupito Flores
Founder, KYRS-Thin Air Community Radio
Bill Forry
Reporter Newspapers
Jaclyn Friedman
Women, Action & the Media
Martha Fuentes-Bautista
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Paul Fuxjaeger
Telecommunications Research Center Vienna
Eric Galatas
Free Speech TV
Nancy Galluzzo
Gunpowder Gelatine
Megan Garber
Nieman Journalism Lab
Amanda Garces
Mobile Voices Project
Carlos Garcia
Community organizer
Marcela Garcia
El Planeta
Serena Garcia
SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective
Malachi Garza
Technical Assistance Manager, Community Justice Network for Youth
Eddie Geller
Open Source Democracy Foundation
Garlin Gilchrist II
Director of New Media, Center for Community Change
Dan Gillmor
Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
Jen Gilomen
Bay Area Video Coalition
John Giusti
Chief of Staff to FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
Tom Glaisyer
Knight Media Policy Fellow, New America Foundation
Jessica Gonzalez
Vice President of Policy and Legal Affairs, National Hispanic Media Coalition
Thom Goodsell
CrisisCommons
Matthew Gordon
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Vanessa Maria Graber
Director of Community Radio Programs, Prometheus Radio Project
Thomas Grasty
Stroome
Lisa Graves
Executive Director, Center for Media and Democracy
Sam Gregory
WITNESS
Joaquin Guerra
Presente.org
Jackie Hai
HAI Labs
Katie Halper
Comic, writer, filmmaker
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Jay Harris
We the People Project
Curtis Henderson
Boston Neighborhood Network
Florence Hernandez-Ramos
Executive Director, Latino Public Radio Consortium
J. Scott Holladay
Economics Fellow, Institute for Policy Integrity
Liz Humes
President, Virginia Center for the Public Press
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Sam Husseini
Communications Director, Institute for Public Accuracy
Janine Jackson
Program Director, FAIR
Maxie C. Jackson III
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
Sarah Jaffe
Grit TV
Mehan Jayasuriya
Director of Outreach and New Media, Public Knowledge
Sut Jhally
Media Education Foundation
Anne Jonas
Coordinator, Participatory Culture Foundation
Jim Joyce
Sector President, NABET-CWA
Linda Jue
G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism
Timothy Karr
Campaign Director, Free Press
Rick Karr
Blueprint America
Steve Katz
Mother Jones
Robert S. Kelly
Executive Director, NewTV
Joel Kelsey
Political Adviser, Free Press
Adam Kenner
Technology and Media Educator
Jehangir Khattak
New York Community Media Alliance
Scherazade Daruvalla King
Founder, AmplifyMe
Jamilah King
Colorlines.com
Joshua King
Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation
Laura Kiritsy
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Lila Kitaeff
Technical Director, Reel Grrls
Kamilla Kovacs
Communications and Development Director, Media Access Project
Charles Kravetz
WBUR
Elisa Kreisinger
Video Artist
Angela Kronenberg
Office of FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn
Sheila Krumholz
Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
Manauvaskar Kublall
Media Sutra
Rachel LaBruyere
Mobile Commons
Clothilde Le Coz
Reporters Without Borders
Cheryl Leanza
President, A Learned Hand, LLC
Jenny Lee
Co-director, Allied Media Projects
Chavella Lee-Pacheco
Fast Forward, GRLZ Radio
Lorrie LeJeune
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Elana Levin
Communications Director, WGA-East
Diane Levin
Wheelock College
Josh Levy
Online Campaign Manager, Free Press
Toussaint Liberator
Musician
Christopher Libertelli
Senior Director, Skype
Roberto Lovato
New America Media
Bernie Lunzer
President, The Newspaper Guild-CWA
Kari Lydersen
Author/Educator
Adam Lynn
Office of U.S. Representative Jay Inslee
Stephen Macek
Chicago Media Action
Katherine Maher
National Democratic Institute
Erik Martin
Reddit.com
Diana Martinez
Mount Holyoke College
Nicholas McBride
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Bob McCannon
President, Action Coalition for Media Education
Rob McCausland
Developer, CommunityMediaDatabase.org
Beth McConnell
Executive Director, Media and Democracy Coalition
Sean McLaughlin
Knight Media Policy Fellow, New America Foundation
Michele McLellan
Knight Digital Media Center at USC-Annenberg
Sascha Meinrath
Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation
Bryan Mercer
Media Mobilizing Project
Dan Meredith
Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation
Susan Mernit
Editor and Publisher, Oakland Local
Greg Mitchell
Editor and author
Christopher Mitchell
Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Fiona Morgan
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Gloribell Mota
Community organizer
Samantha Muilenburg
Filmmaker, media activist
Salim Muwakkil
In These Times
Andrea Nagel
Interaction Institute for Social Change
Art Neill
Founder, New Media Rights
Kyle Nilan
Union Press
Alex Nogales
National Hispanic Media Coalition
Mónica Novoa
Drop the I-Word
Rory O'Connor
Author and filmmaker
Patrice O'Neill
The Working Group
Achy Obejas
Author and translator
Alexis Ohanian
Reddit.com
Taki Oldham
Filmmaker
Amitabh Pal
Managing Editor, The Progressive
Carlos Pareja
Training and Policy Director, People's Production House
Emily Parker
U.S. Department of State
Rob Pegoraro
Washington Post
Miriam Zoila Pérez
Feministing.com and RadicalDoula.com
Misty Perez Truedson
Associate Outreach Director, Free Press
Julie Perron
Gunpowder Gelatine
Vanessa Perry
George Washington University
D'hana Perry
DJ
Erin Polgreen
Associate Director, The Media Consortium
Georgia Popplewell
Managing Director, Global Voices
Jennifer L. Pozner
Women in Media & News
Jason Pramas
Open Media Boston
Andrea Quijada
Executive Director, Media Literacy Project
Sofia Quintero
Author/Screenwriter/Producer
Chris Rabb
Afro-Netizen
Casey Rae-Hunter
Communications Director, Future of Music Coalition
Roberta Rael
Generation Justice
Ramya Raghavan
News and Politics Manager, YouTube
David Reed
Internet Pioneer
Libby Reinish
Program Coordinator, Free Press
Steven Renderos
Program Director, Main Street Project
Colin Rhinesmith
Information in Society Fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bunnie Riedel
Executive Director, American Community Television
M. Chris Riley
Policy Counsel, Free Press
Kristofer Ríos
People's Production House
Sheryl Rivera
President, Action Coalition for Media Education, New York City Chapter
Gibrán Rivera
Interaction Institute for Social Change
DJ Rizzla
DJ
Favianna Rodriguez
Artist and new media organizer
Debra Rogers
Alliance for Community Media, Falmouth Community Television
Iván Román
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Avner Ronen
boxee
Jason Rosenbaum
Progressive Change Campaign Committee
Tracy Rosenberg
Executive Director, Media Alliance
Nan Rubin
Chair, Prometheus Radio Project
Jennifer Sahn
Orion magazine
Oscar Salazar
CitiVox
Hannah Jane Sassaman
Senior Field Analyst, New America Foundation
Jan Schaffer
Executive Director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
Sue Schardt
Executive Director, Association of Independents in Radio
Cliff Schecter
Libertas
Anya Schiffrin
Columbia University
Andrew Jay Schwartzman
Media Access Project
Nancy Scola
techPresident
Gunner Scott
Executive Director, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Amanda Shaffer
Urban & Environmental Policy Institute, Occidental College
Aarti Shahani
Writer
Khalil Tian Shahyd
Center for Social Inclusion
Jake Shapiro
CEO, Public Radio Exchange
Kay Shaw
Director, Public Media Corps, National Black Programming Consortium
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin
Al Jazeera English
Micah Sifry
Personal Democracy Forum
Allison Sigrist
Gunpowder Gelatine
Craig Sinclair
Amherst Media
Aleksandra Slabisz
Nowy Dziennik
Andrew Slack
Harry Potter Alliance
Gigi Sohn
Public Knowledge
Brett Solomon
Access
Caleb Solomon
Boston Globe
David Spett
Journalism Network Associate, Campus Progress
Crissy Spivey
Multimedia Manager, Breakthrough
Aparna Sridhar
Policy Counsel, Free Press
Elizabeth Stark
Yale University
Dean Starkman
Columbia Journalism Review
Josh Stearns
Associate Program Director, Free Press
Andrew Stelzer
Producer, National Radio Project
Tom Stites
Editor and entrepreneur, the Banyan Project
Linda Stout
Spirit in Action
Georgia Sugimura Archer
Writer, producer, director
Nick Szuberla
Appalshop
Megan Tady
Communications Coordinator, Free Press
Loris Ann Taylor
Native Public Media
Annmarie Timmins
Nieman Fellow, Harvard University
Christopher Tinson
Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Hampshire College
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Joseph Torres
Senior Adviser, Government and External Affairs, Free Press
Tue Tran
Founder, Gavel Media
Pete Tridish
Freelancer
S. Derek Turner
Research Director, Free Press
Laura Walker
New York Public Radio
Jack Walsh
National Alliance for Media Arts + Culture (NAMAC)
Yana Walton
Women’s Media Center
Christopher Warren
Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Jeffrey Warren
MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Laura S. Washington
Journalist
Nasser Weddady
Activist, writer, editor
Joe Wei
World Journal
Marcy Wheeler
Blogger, FireDogLake.com
Mariama White-Hammond
Project HIP-HOP
Eesha Williams
Editor, ValleyPost.org
Granville Williams
Director, Media Ownership in the Age of Convergence
Chancellar Williams
Free Press
Lisa Williams
Placeblogger.com
Sue Wilson
Broadcast journalist
Ronald Wimberly
Artist
Harry Wingo
Google
Michael Winship
Writers Guild of America, East
Matt Wood
Associate Director, Media Access Project
Hana Worku
Student activist
Kai Wright
Colorlines
Paul Wright
Prison Legal News
Corie Wright
Policy Counsel, Free Press
Tim Wu
Columbia University
Chi Chi Wu
Attorney, National Consumer Law Center
Jillian York
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Betty Yu
Center for Media Justice, Meda Action Grassroots Network
Mohsin Zaheer
Journalist and editor
Deanna Zandt
Media technologist and author
Dave Zirin
Sports writer
