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Robyn Davis Sekula is President of the Louisville Pro Chapter of SPJ. She is a Twitter addict, iPhone-a-holic, writer, speaker and social media consultant. She has spoken frequently at regional SPJ conferences and in 2012 at the national Excellence in Journalism Conference. She spent most of her pre-freelance career as a newspaper reporter, working as a crime and courts reporter in North Carolina, a business editor in Missouri and as a reporter at Business First in Louisville, Ky. She primarily consults with organizations and business in public relations, communications plans and social media strategy. You can find her web site at 
Brandon Ballenger is associate editor for Debt.com, a unique provider of personal finance news and financial services. He is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University, where he received his bachelor of arts degree in communication and English. His money-related writing has been featured in The South Florida Business Journal, Money Talks News, Business Insider, Reader’s Digest, The Christian Science Monitor, on the homepages of MSN and Yahoo!, and more. He is president of South Florida Pro chapter of SPJ.
Jeff Cutler is a freelance journalist, photographer, social media trainer and content specialist who speaks regularly on content marketing, the use of social tools for journalists and businesses, and the best ways to brand your product, service or self. While he curates and writes for more than a dozen blogs, Jeff has written for NPR, The NY Post, Technology Review, Mobile Magazine, Tech Target, Gatehouse Media and more.
Holly Edgell has a long history of experience in journalism, beginning in her native country, Belize. She was a newscast producer at WFMJ-TV, the NBC affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio and then at WTAE-TV(ABC) in Pittsburgh. She also worked as a special projects producer in Cleveland at WOIO-TV (CBS) and later WDIV-TV (NBC) in Detroit. She also served as a member of the faculty of Florida A&M University and the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She then moved to St. Louis, working as a regional editor for Patch.com, leading a team of 13 journalists and supervising 12 community news and information websites. She became an independent journalist in the St. Louis area, and came to WCPO.com in 2012. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State and a master’s degree from Kent State. She is involved in the Cincinnati Pro Chapter of SPJ.
Tony Hernandez covers city government for the Knoxville News Sentinel. He graduated from the University of Houston in December 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and a minor in Latin American Studies.
Originally from Chicago, Ernest Owens is an award-winning multimedia journalist. A graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, he launched a career in media as a talk radio show host for WQHS Radio and as a video producer and op-ed columnist for The Daily Pennsylvanian. Ernest has interned at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, NBC Philadelphia, and Philadelphia City Council. He is currently a contributing writer for USA Today & The Huffington Post, where he covers a variety of social issues regarding society, race, and entertainment. His work has been featured on The Good Men Project, Al Jazeera English, The Root, The Oprah Winfrey Network and other media outlets. He is a member of the Radio Television Digital News Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, National Association of Black Journalists, and the Online News Association. His writing and filmmaking has even been honored with the Gold Circle Award by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and a Finalist Award from the Tribeca Film Festival. When not blogging, he loves chatting with people on Twitter so toss a tweet to @MrErnestOwens and check out more of his multimedia at his personal website.
Susan S. Stevens, a veteran of 23 years with United Press International, 11 with the City News Bureau of Chicago, and more than several with community newspapers and magazines, now freelances.