2007 Convention Recap
Scheduled Speakers

The following is a list of speakers scheduled to appear at this year's convention. For more information about the events and programs in which they'll appear, please visit the highlights and programs pages.

Carl Bernstein, former Washington Post reporter
Bob Woodward, assistant managing editor, The Washington Post
Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst, NPR
Alicia Shepard, author, “Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of Watergate”
Bob Schieffer, CBS News
Robert Novak, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Norman Pearlstine, former editor-in-chief, Time, Inc.
Bob Franken, TV correspondent/columnist
Rob Curley, vice president for product development, The Washington Post
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas
The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
Leila Fadel, Baghdad bureau chief, McClatchy Newspapers
Helen Thomas, reporter, Washington bureau, Hearst Newspapers
Peter Maer, White House correspondent, CBS Radio
Kenneth Walsh, White House correspondent, U.S. News & World Report
Mike Walter, anchor, WUSA-TV
Deb Riechmann, White House reporter, Associated Press
Wendell Goler, White House correspondent, Fox News Channel
Ken Herman, White House correspondent, Cox Newspapers
Susan Page, Washington bureau chief, USA Today, Washington, D.C.
Bruce Sanford, partner, Baker Hostetler, Washington, D.C.
Randall Eliason, professor, American University
Eve Burton, general counsel, Hearst Corporation
Jim Taricani, reporter, WJAR-TV, Providence, R.I.
Leonard Downie, executive editor, The Washington Post
Eric Newton, vice president/journalism program, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Robert Novak, columnist, Chicago Sun-Times
Norman Pearlstine, former editor-in-chief, Time, Inc.
Bob Franken, TV correspondent/columnist
Ken Paulson, editor, USA TODAY
Jan Schaffer, executive director, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, University of Maryland
Barb Iverson, CreatingCommunityConnections.org
Clyde Bentley, MyMissourian.com
Geoff Dougherty, founder & editor, ChiTownDailyNews.org
Rob Goodspeed, founder, RethinkCollegePark.net, DCist.org
Reginald Stuart, journalist and corporate recruiter, The McClatchy Company
Kathy Arberg, public information officer, Supreme Court
William Suter, clerk, Supreme Court
Robert Barnes, Supreme Court correspondent, The Washington Times
Herb Brubaker, president, Television News Center
Mike Walter, morning anchor, WUSA-TV, Washington, D.C.
Jim Welch, deputy managing editor for sports, USA Today
Mike Corey, award-winning voice, University of Delaware Blue Hens
Mike Donoghue, staff writer, The Burlington Free Press; national president, National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association
William W. Treanor, publisher, Youth Today: The Newspaper on Youth Work
Tom Temin, former executive editor, PostNewsweek Tech Media
Steve Roll, president, American Society of Business Publication Editors
Jay Mathews, education reporter and columnist, The Washington Post
Dr. Daniel Domenech, senior vice president, National Urban Markets, McGraw-Hill Education
Ledge King, national education reporter, Gannett News Service, Washington bureau
Maria Fowler, multimedia journalist, Gannett News Service,Washington bureau
Ted Vaden, public editor, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.
KC Johnson, author, Durham-in-Wonderland blog
Ryan McCartney, editor emeritus, The Chronicle, Duke University
Liz Hansen, professor, Eastern Kentucky University
Jeanne Meserve, correspondent, CNN
Allison Klein, The Washington Post
Laura Sullivan, crime and punishment correspondent, NPR
Ted Gest, president, Criminal Justice Journalists
Anne Mintz, director of knowledge management, Forbes
Gary Price, founding editor, ResourceShelf.com (blog) and director of research, Ask.com
Richard Simon, congressional correspondent, Los Angeles Times
Jonathan Allen, congressional reporter, Congressional Quarterly
Tom Hamburger, Washington correspondent, Los Angeles Times
David Handschuh, photographer, New York Times
Jake Schlesinger, The Wall Street Journal
Tammy Haddad, executive producer, Hardball
Kathy Kiely, Washington bureau, USA Today
Rick Berke, assistant managing editor for news, New York Times
Dr. William H. Frey, The Brookings Institution and The University of Michigan
Larry E. Evans, managing editor, Daily Environment Report
Michelle Moore, vice president for policy and public affairs, U.S. Green Building Council
Judi Greenwald, director of innovative solutions, Pew Center on Climate Change
Steve Kalb, instructor, University of Connecticut
Sally Lehrman, independent journalist
Hank Klibanoff, author, “The Race Beat”
Mark Goodman, former executive director, Student Press Law Center
Kathleen Kirby, counsel, Radio Television News Directors Association
Jerry Dunklee, professor, Southern Connecticut State University
John Stauber, executive director, Center for Media and Democracy
Ron Nessen, former press secretary to Gerald Ford
Larry Speakes, former press secretary to Ronald Reagan
Mike McCurry, former press secretary to Bill Clinton
Dr. Martha Joynt Kumar, professor, Department of Political Science, Towson University
Mara Liasson, national political correspondent, NPR
Louis Stokes, former representative, D-Ohio
Bill Leinweber, executive vice president, Research!America
Merrill Goozner, director, Integrity in Science Project, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Dr. Barnett Kramer, associate director, Disease Prevention; director, Office of Medical Applications of Research, National Institutes of Health
Alan Cooperman, The Washington Post
Kim Lawton, managing editor/correspondent, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
Kevin Eckstrom, editor, Religion News Service
David Winston, The Winston Group
Michael Dimock, The Pew Center
John Harwood, The Wall Street Journal
John Strauss, news and multimedia editor, IndyStar.com, Indianapolis
George Giokas, president & CEO, StaffWriters Plus
Keith Kelly, media columnist, New York Post
Pilar Viladas, design editor, New York Times Magazine
James Bennet, editor-in-chief, The Atlantic Monthly
Laurel Touby, founder, mediabistro.com
Kenn Venit, president, Kenn Venit & Associates, Hamden, Conn.
Paul Davis, senior vice president, Foundation for American Communications
Steve Dickstein, attorney, Dickstein & Scutti, Philadelphia, Pa.
Susana Schuler, vice president-news, Raycom
Rich Leonard, director of recruitment, Gannett
June Nicholson, associate director for graduate studies, School of Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jerry Hart, trainer, Bloomberg News
Jill R. Aitoro, senior editor, GovernmentVAR, CMP Technology
Jamie Rose, International Documentary Photojournalist
Christina Bellantoni, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Neela Banerjee, religion reporter, New York Times
Melina Mara, staff photographer, The Washington Post
Libby Copeland, staff writer, The Washington Post
Chip Somodevilla, staff photographer, Getty Images
Ian Marquand, special projects coordinator, Montana Television Network
Hazel Becker, freelance editor and writer
Mark Tapscott, editorial page editor, The Washington Examiner
David Lightman, Washington bureau chief, The Hartford Courant
Kevin Landrigan, The Nashua Telegraph
Craig Gilbert, Washington bureau chief, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Carl Cameron, Fox News
Jeffrey Birnbaum, The Washington Post
Sheila Krumholz, Center for Responsive Politics
Jeanne Cummings, The Politico
Peter Overby, correspondent, Power, Money and Influence,Washington Desk, NPR
Pam Constable, veteran foreign correspondent, The Washington Post
Jody Brannon, senior editor, MSN.com
Chet Rhodes, washingtonpost.com
Mark Memmott, reporter/editor/blogger, USA TODAY
John Patti, anchor/reporter, WBAL Radio News, Baltimore
Chuck Cochran, photographer, WBAL-TV, Baltimore
Moira Rankin, president, Soundprint
Bill Beach, director, Center for Data Analysis, Heritage Foundation
James R. Carroll, reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal, Washington bureau
Josh Bernstein, director of federal policy, National Immigration Law Center
Bob Dane, president, Federation for American Immigration Reform
Ann Morse, director of the Immigrant Policy Project, National Council of State Legislatures
Nicole Gaouette, reporter, Los Angeles Times
Robert Cox, president, Media Bloggers Association
Sheila Krumholz, executive director, Center for Responsive Politics
Mark Curriden, director of communications, Vinson & Elkins
James Neff, investigations editor, The Seattle Times
Stephen Henderson, deputy editorial page editor, Detroit Free Press
Tony Mauro, Supreme Court correspondent, American Lawyer Media
Jim VandeHei, executive editor, The Politico
Viveca Novak, deputy director, Annenberg Political Fact Check
Chris LeHane, Democratic political consultant
Chuck Todd, political director and on-air analyst, NBC News
Nolan Walters, consultant, National Press Foundation
Cristina Azocar, San Francisco State University
John Fritze, government reporter, The Baltimore Sun
Michele McNeil, state policy reporter, Education Week
David Everett, director, Master of Arts in Writing Program, The Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Grant Thomas, deputy director, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Jason Reece, AICP, senior researcher, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity
Greg Elin, chief data architect, Sunlight Labs
Jerry Kammer, Washington correspondent, Copley News Service
Marcus Stern, Washington correspondent, Copley News Service
George Condon, Washington bureau chief, Copley News Service
Todd Gillman, Dallas Morning News
James Meek, investigative reporter, New York Daily News, Washington bureau
Kate Martin, director, Center for National Security Studies, George Washington University
Steven Aftergood, Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists
Patrick McCrummen, vice president for public affairs, American Red Cross
Michael Widomski, public affairs officer, FEMA
Marc Wolfson, public affairs specialist, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Christi Harlan, writer and consultant
Rusty Coats, director, Strategic Initiatives, Interactive Media, Media General, Inc.
Barb Iverson, co-editor and publisher, creatingcommunityconnections.org
Amy Gahran, media consultant & content strategist, Boulder, Colo.
Ian Shapira, reporter, The Washington Post
Amie Steele, former editor-in-chief, Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech University
Nerissa Young, assistant professor, Marshall University
Debbie Cenziper, investigative reporter, The Washington Post

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