Active Participants

Steering
 Committee


Michael
 Stoll, TPP project director,
 journalism
 instructor - San
 Jose 
State
 University


David 
Cohn,
 director - Spot.us

Deepti 
Gottipati, technology
 entrepreneur

Tom
 Honig, retired
 editor - Santa 
Cruz 
Sentinel

Steve
 Jones, 
city
 editor - San
 Francisco 
Bay
 Guardian

Leslie
 Katz,
 editor - CNET.com

Lila
 LaHood, 
independent
 grant 
writer 
and
 journalist

Tom
 Murphy, 
editor - 
RedwoodAge.com

Marc
 Smolowitz, 
technology
 chair - 
Full 
Circle
 Fund

Michael
 Winter, 
freelance
 online 
editor

Suzanne
 Yada,
 page 
editor,
 Visalia 
Times‐Delta

Louise
 Yarnall, 
former 
Los
 Angeles 
area 
reporter,
 grant
writer - SRI 

Staff
  

Michelle 
Fitzhugh-­Craig,
 news
 editor


Local Volunteers, Supporters, and Contributors

Bea
 Ahbeck,
 freelance
 photojournalist

Cristina
 Azocar, 
director - Center 
for
 Integration 
and 
Improvement
 of 
Journalism,
 S.F.
 State
 University

David
 Barreda,
 photojournalist - San
 Jose
 Mercury
 News

Chris
 Borden, 
voice over 
artist

Rebecca 
Bowe, 
reporter - San
 Francisco
 Bay
 Guardian

Lindsay
 Bryant, 
former
 managing
 editor - 
The
 Spartan 
Daily,
 San 
Jose
 State
 University

Heather
 Cassell, 
freelance 
reporter

Samuel
 Chapman,
 freelance
 journalist, reporter - World
 Affairs
 Council

Lisa
 Chung, 
former 
columnist - San 
Jose 
Mercury 
News

Rene
 Ciria Cruz,
 associate 
editor - California
 Lawyer
 magazine

Christopher
 Cook, 
freelance
 writer 
and
 author - 
“Diet 
for
 a 
Dead
 Planet”

Rhyen 
Coombs,
 student - UC 
Berkeley
 Graduate
 School
 of 
Journalism

Desiree
 Cox, 
webslinger - Quiddities

Malkia
 Cyril, director - Center 
for 
Media
 Justice

Bethany
 Fleishman,
 freelance
 journalist

Louis
 Freedberg, 
director - California 
Media
 Collaborative

Neal
 Gorenflo, 
online 
strategist - Smartlife

Matthew
 Hirsch, 
freelance
 writer

John
 Hornberg,
 managing 
editor - 
The
 Spartan
 Daily, 
San
 Jose
 State
 University
 

Monica
 Jensen,
freelance 
photojournalist

Holly
 Kernan,
 news 
director -
 Crosscurrents
 on
 KALW
 Radio

Ambika 
Kandasamy,
 student - 
Boston 
University
 College
 of 
Communication

Dorothy
 Kidd,
 professor
 - University 
of 
San
 Francisco

Tim
 Kingston, 
freelance
 writer

Richard
 Knee, 
freelance
 writer
 and
 member
 of
 San
 Francisco
 Sunshine
 Ordinance 
Task
 Force

Josh Koltun, 
First
 Amendment
 lawyer

Mack
 Lundstrom, journalism
 instructor - San
 Jose
 State
 University
David
 Mathison, 
author - “Be
the
 Media”

Pam
 MacLean, 
California 
bureau 
chief - 
National
 Law
 Journal

Susan
 Mernit, 
social
 media 
entrepreneur, 
director - 2008 
Knight 
News
 Challenge

Brian
 Moore,
 designer - 499
 Commute

Chris
 O’Brien, 
director - Next Newsroom
 project, 
columnist - San 
Jose
 Mercury
 News

Matt
 O’Brien, 
reporter - Bay
 Area
 News
 Group

Brenda
 Payton, 
freelance
 writer

Jeff
 Perlstein,
 program
 coordinator 
for
 media
 policy - Grantmakers 
in
 Film
 & 
Electronic
 Media

Lisa
 Pickoff­ White,
 student -
 UC
 Berkeley
 Graduate
 School
 of
Journalism

Kevin
 Rand, 
former 
editor - 
The
 Spartan
 Daily, 
San 
Jose
 State 
University

Jon
 Rochmis,
 journalism 
instructor,
 San
 Francisco
 State 
&
 City 
College 
of
 San
 Francisco

Jonathan
 Rowe, 
founding 
co‐director -
 West
 Marin
 Commons, contributing
 editor - Washington
 Monthly

Maritza
 Schafer,
 online
 strategist,
 Green 
for
 All

Lisa
 Sculati, 
writer 
and 
radio
 journalist

Norman
 Solomon,
 director - Institute
 for 
Public
 Accuracy

Mike
 Strickland,
 photojournalist
 and
 editor - SF
 Civic
 Center 
blog

Luke
 Thomas,
 photojournalist
 and
 editor,
 FogCityJournal.com
Lorri
 Ungaretti, 
freelance
 writer
 and 
editor

Venise
 Wagner, 
journalism
 department
 chair - 
San
 Francisco 
State
 University

Jim
 Welte, 
freelance 
reporter

Carmel
 Wroth,
 multimedia
 producer

Josh
 Wolf, 
reporter - Palo 
Alto
 Daily 
Post

Bernice
 Yeung,
 freelance
 writer

Jonathan
 Zuk,
 multimedia
 producer


National
 Journalist 
Advisory
 Board


C.
 Edwin 
Baker, 
professor 
of 
law - University 
of 
Pennsylvania, author - 
“Media 
Concentration 
and 
 Democracy: 
Why 
Ownership 
Matters”

Bill 
Briggs, 
director - 
School 
of 
Journalism 
and 
Mass 
Communications, 
San 
Jose 
State 
University

Chris 
Daly, 
professor 
of 
journalism - Boston 
University

Bill
 Densmore, 
director - 
Media 
Giraffe 
Project,
 University
 of
 Massachusetts - 
Amherst

Ted
 Glasser, 
professor 
of 
journalism - Stanford 
University

Linda 
Jue, 
executive 
director - 
New
 Voices 
in 
Independent
 Journalism

Joe
 Mathewson, 
professor 
of 
journalism - Medill 
Journalism
 School,
 Northwestern 
University

John 
McManus, 
project 
director - 
GradeTheNews.org

James
 Naughton, 
former 
president - Poynter 
Institute, 
former 
editor - Philadelphia
 Inquirer

Ricardo 
Sandoval, 
president - 

Society 
of 
Professional
 Journalists (Northern California Chapter), assistant 
city
 editor - 
Sacramento 
Bee

Martha
 Steffens, 
professor 
of 
journalism - Missouri 
School
 of
 Journalism

Tom 
Stites, 
contributing 
editor - 
Center 
for 
Public 
Integrity

David
 Wallis, 
founder 
and 
editor - 
Featurewell.com, 
author 
of 
“Killed: 
Great
 Journalism
 Too 
Hot 
to
 Print”


 

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