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Adam Weissman is a collective member of the Activism Center at Wetlands Preserve, a volunteer-run activist organization working to build alliances between movements for human, earth, and animal liberation, while actively campaigning in each of these areas. Current projects include Freegan.info, which works to expose waste, over-consumption, and destructive realities behind consumer goods; Greening the Comics Industry, an effort to shift the comic book industry to the use of recycled paper, Ducksave, a city-wide coalition of animal rights groups working to ban the cruel delicacy, foie gras; and the NYC Peoples Referendum on Free Trade, a diverse alliance of interest groups opposed to free trade agreements that jeopardize animal, labor, and environmental protections.Previously, Adam founded four campus animal and environmental advocacy organizations; launched a regional network of student animal advocacy groups; served on the National Council of the War Resisters League; founded and served as president of the League of Humane Voters of New York City; worked as a paid organizer for environmental groups Rainforest Action Network, ForestEthics, and the Wetlands Environmental and Social Justice Activism Center; and served on the steering committee of the Global Sweatshop Coalition, a city-wide alliance of labor solidarity organizations. His writings have been published in journals including Satya, Earth First! Journal, No Compromise, How On Earth! , Freedom Voice , and Animals Voice. He is frequently interviewed by local, national, and international media outlets, including Fox News Channel, Inside Edition, Fox News Radio, The New York Times, Associated Press TV, Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio, and ABC World News Now.

Alicia Chang, a science writer for Associated Press, writes about recent discussions among physicians about mistakes in patient medical records. She recounts one doctor who, upon visiting a specialist, out of curiosity examined his own personal medical record. He was surprised to find a note saying he had a stroke. He never had one. Chang says,

Bill Stevens is a veteran radio news anchor and reporter, earning a number of honors and awards from Associated Press, UPI and the Michigan Association of Broadcasters. A native of southeast Michigan, Bill has been with WWJ since 1991. He has held a number of different reporting and anchoring assignments before moving into the afternoon drive slot, handling on-air news duties with co-anchor, Jayne Bower. Before coming to WWJ, Bill was on the air in Jacksonville, Florida and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bill says, "I love the pace of the afternoons. Things move quickly. We try to give listeners a little bit of everything that's important to their day including traffic, weather, the stock market, breaking news and frequent updates to the day's major stories people may have missed while at work. It's a great way for listeners to catch up and stay plugged in".

Bob was born somewhere on the planet earth sometime between 1900 and 2000. Since then he has gallivanted here, there and Moldova. A former Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan and a staff worker for Mercy Corps, Bob can talk for hours about intestinal diseases and memorable outhouse experiences. Bob tricked Sean and Chris into hiring him in December 2005. After many beers, it was decided that he would be the Online Managing Editor for BootsnAll's wildly successful bastard stepchild, World Cup Blog. With more than 4 million unique visitors and 17 million pageviews, the site helped Bob achieve international fame through interviews with National Public Radio, the Associated Press and with a really drunk W.-hating German in a Berlin bar. Not satisfied with dominating the World Cup cyberworld, Bob is also the Online Managing Editor for The Offside, which is the bastard stepchild of that bastard stepchild, World Cup Blog. He frequently contributes to Cheap Ticket Links, Cruise and Vacation Packages, EU Cheap Ticket Links and the Cycling Logue. Bob is the token vegetarian at the BootsnAll global world headquarters office, but he does not enjoy long walks on the beach.

Bob Stein is Assistant Professor of Communication Skills at Columbus State Community College. In addition to teaching journalism and advising Cougar News, he teaches courses in public speaking and group communication theory. Bob was a full-time journalist at Suburban News Publications from 2001-2002, where he covered Delaware County, Ohio, home to many of the fastest growing communities in Central Ohio. After joining the faculty of Columbus State in 2002, he continued to write for SNP's sister publications, Columbus Monthly and Columbus CEO. In 2004, Bob was awarded by the Cleveland Press Club for his article in Columbus CEO detailing the State of Ohio's use of its tobacco lawsuit settlement funds. In 2006, he received an award from the Society of Professional Journalists for his article in Columbus CEO uncovering a bitter legal battle between two of Central Ohio's largest restaurant franchises. Since 2004, Bob has been a freelance sports reporter for the Associated Press. He covers the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer, as well as the United States Men's and Women's National soccer teams.

Carla K. Johnson works as a reporter and desk supervisor at The Associated Press in Chicago. She has covered health and medicine since 2001 and has been an AHCJ member nearly that long. In 2002, she attended the Rocky Mountain Workshop on How to Practice Evidence Based Health Care. A 1980 graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, she has worked as a copy editor and covered the education beat. She recently returned to her native Illinois after working many years at the daily newspaper in Spokane, Wash.

Daniel Plassmann has been a professional photographer for 4 years, covering news and sports for newspaper from Europe to the United States. He has been shooting for some of the biggest photo services including WireImages.com and McClatchy-Tribune Photo Service (MCT) and is also a contract photographer for the Associated Press (AP). He has cover events form College to Professional sports to the 2006 World Cup in Germany to the 2007 Homeless World Cup in Denmark. He reads, writes and speaks fluent German.

Dave is an editorial assistant for the Associated Press and has been the basketball statistician at Marquette University since 1979. DeGrace worked television statistics for CBS in 1983. He has attended seven Mens' Final Fours and four Women's Final Fours. In addition, Dave has been at 22 different Mens' NCAA first round/regional tournaments and 11 rounds of the Womens' NCAA tournament, and has made the double six times attending Mens' and Womens' games in the same year -- including dual Final Fours (in the same weekend) three times.

has been a member of Westminster since 1984. He has served four terms on Session and is a senior member of Stewardship and Finance. He was on the site selection committee for the construction of the new church, and nominated our Boulevard Road site. He is involved in Chancel Choir, Worship and Music, and the Healthy Congregation class. Dave is a journalist for The Associated Press and is dean and president of the capital press corps. He hosts a weekly statewide show, "Inside Olympia," on TVW, Ch.23. He has served on the non-profit boards of Thurston-Mason Community Mental Health and 10 years as trustee of the WA State Historical Society.

David Shaffer concentrates on education accountability, higher education and workforce development. He has written about state government and public policy since 1973 - first as a reporter for The Associated Press, and, since 1980, on the staff of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. From 1993 through 2007 he was president of the Public Policy Institute, the Council's research affiliate. He served as a member of Governor George Pataki's budget transition task force in 1994-95; worked with the Rockefeller Institute on the Commissioner's Review of the New York State Education Department in 1996; and served as a member of the Governor's Commission on Education Reform in 2004. He is a graduate of Duke University (B.A., 1970) and of Rockefeller College at the University at Albany (M.A., 1972).

Erik Anderson is the afternoon news anchor on KPBS radio, a position he took over after covering the local Environment and Science beats as a reporter. Since 1996 Erik has covered a wide range of stories for KPBS, including: the arrival of the nuclear aircraft carrier John C. Stennis, San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program, Navy efforts to dismantle the nations last remaining napalm stockpile, the birth of a Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego's beach erosion problem. Erik-reported stories have also been heard statewide on KQED California Report and have reached public radio listeners around the country on National Public Radio news programs. Erik came to KPBS from WAER in Syracuse, New York where he worked as a senior news producer, news anchor and assignment editor. He also established and maintained the radio station?s World Wide Web site. Previous broadcast experience includes work at WOSU in Columbus, Ohio, Armed Forces Radio and Television, and WGVO in Greenville, Ohio. Erik's more than 20 years of work in broadcast journalism have resulted in numerous awards. Agencies honoring his work include: The San Diego Press Club, The Southern California Broadcasters Association, The Society of Professional Journalists, The Associated Press, Television-Radio Association of California-Nevada, The Syracuse Press Club, The New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association, The United Press International, and others.

Evan Biddy currently serves as President of Stoneage Survivors Entertainment Incorporated and oversees the day to day operations of the company. Evan started his career promoting concerts and parties in high school and college. Aside from the music business, he also works with the Associated Press. After earning an Associates Degree in Business Administration and Accounting, he went on to earn his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Marketing at the University of Maryland in College Park of the Robert H. Smith Business School. He also is a certified CPA.

Evan Kafka began to develop a passion for photography while working as a computer technician for Associated Press. He graduated from RIT in 1995 with a BFA, and started his professional career after moving to New York in 1995, when he began shooting for national magazines. He first became known as a photojournalist shooting stories for ESPN, New York Magazine, Metropolis, and Fortune. He also photographed weddings in a documentary black and white style which was just becoming fashionable at the time. In addition to his regular editorial portrait and journalistic assignments, Evan is working on a series of personal photographs that explore man on earth. Evan's work has been featured numerous times in Communication Arts and PDN.

Gregory Katz, a writer and commentator based in London, is the Houston Chronicle's bureau chief for Europe and the Middle East. His work has also appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone, Atlantic Monthly and Conde Nast Traveler. He won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1994.

A princess from the slums of Queens, Ilana Donna currently lives in the East Village. She works at the Associated Press as an online video guru and has produced a video blog column called Downtown Diary about her fun and frantic city life. Previously, she produced a vlog for the AP called Reel City Tales. Ilana has been writing, singing, producing and doing her "shtick" through Tel-Aviv, San Francisco, Miami and NYC.

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James H. Wendorf is Executive Director of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), which seeks to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school, work, and life. He directs NCLD's efforts to provide essential information to parents, professionals and individuals with learning disabilities; to promote research and programs that foster effective learning; and to advocate for policies that protect and strengthen educational rights and opportunities. NCLD's Get Ready to Read! initiative, a national campaign to screen four-year-olds for skills critical to success in reading, is the largest single program in this effort. For the past two decades, Mr. Wendorf has worked in the not-for-profit sector to build national and international partnerships supporting learning and literacy programs. Prior to joining NCLD in 1999, Mr. Wendorf served as Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., the nation's largest nonprofit children's literacy organization, based in Washington, DC. Mr. Wendorf serves on the National Institutes of Health Director's Council of Public Representatives, as well as the advisory board of the National Center on Educational Outcomes, National Association for the Education of African American Children with Learning Disabilities, the Home School Institute, and previously with a variety of civic and education organizations. He is frequently called upon by the news media to comment on policies and programs affecting individuals with learning disabilities; recent appearances include C-SPAN, the New York Times, the Associated Press, and the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media (Teachers College, Columbia University). Mr. Wendorf earned a B.A. degree from Yale College, and graduate degrees in English Language and Literature from the University of Cambridge and Cornell University.

Jenny Benevento is a librarian who is currently the Controlled Vocabulary Developer at the Associated Press. She has worked in public, academic, and special libraries in most departments and currently runs an information consulting business called Bento Information Consulting.

Jim Drinkard has covered Washington politics and policy since 1981, when he came to the capital as a Midwestern regional reporter for The Associated Press. He has covered agriculture policy, the Iran-Contra scandal, the ethics case of former House Speaker Jim Wright, foreign policy, intelligence matters and the congressional leadership.

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About the Author: A member of the National Turf Writers Association, Marianna Haun has covered the racing industry since 1992, first as a staff writer for the Thoroughbred Times for two years, and now as a free-lance writer for the Associated Press for the past two years, while working on The X- Factor project and book. Haun has a long association with Secretariat. Like many people, she cried as she watched him win the Belmont on television in 1973. She later photographed him in 1987 and was on the farm the day he died in 1989. Her first story, "Great Heart," which appeared in the Thoroughbred Times in April, 1993, led to the quest to understand the meaning of Secretariat's enormous heat. Nearly a year later, after months of intense pedigree research, she discovered a genetic link from Secretariat's mighty heart to Eclipse's great heart through the mare Pocahontas on the X chromosome trail. This link was called the X Factor. This was the discovery that led to the ongoing research to prove the sex-linkage of the characteristic and to find the genetic marker.

Matt Reed grew up in California and moved to Washington, D.C. , after college, where he wrote about congressional campaigns. He then spent four years in Cambodia as a copy editor, reporter and then editor-in-chief of The Cambodia Daily. After graduation, he will be a reporter for The Associated Press in Ohio.

Michael Kohn, a California native, is a freelance writer for the Associated Press and BBC's East Asia Today program. He has contributed articles to the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle and Baltimore Sun. Michael has recently taken up travel writing and has updated and written guides for Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Odyssey and Fodors to various regions including India, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, China and the American Midwest.

Norma Kent is Vice President of Communications at AACC, where she is responsible for the association's news media relations, publications, marketing, corporate program and endowment program. She works regularly with national news outlets - including CNN, PBS (NewsHour with Jim Lehrer), New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, the Associated Press and education trade publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. She routinely provides background information for press coverage about community colleges to both national and regional news media. She interacts regularly via monthly meetings with peers in the six largest higher education associations, and is the staff liaison for the National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR), an AACC affiliated council whose members are public information officers in community colleges throughout the nation. In addition to her over 10 years of service to AACC, Norma was an executive and principal in marketing agencies in San Diego (CA) and Jacksonville (FL). She also worked as a development office manager for the San Diego Zoo, where she supervised priority fund-raising campaigns. Immediately prior to joining AACC, she was media relations manager for the seven-college, Dallas County Community College District, Texas' largest undergraduate institution.

Rachel Konrad is Silicon Valley correspondent for The Associated Press, since 2002, covering the global technology industry. She received a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism at Johns Hopkins University in 2002, when she traveled to Ecuador to write about an ambitious (but doomed) universal Internet access program. She was a senior staff writer at CNET News.com from 2000 to 2002. She covered the automobile industry for the Detroit Free Press from 1995 to 2000 and covered small business in Spokane, Washington, from 1994-95 for the Spokesman-Review.

Sal Maiorana smaioran@democratandchronicle.com is a native of Buffalo and a graduate of Buffalo State College where he earned a degree in Journalism in 1984. After working part-time for The Associated Press and Buffalo News, he worked at the Corning Leader before coming to the Democrat and Chronicle in 1986 to serve as the primary golf writer, a position he still holds. Sal became the Bills? beat writer in 1990 and thought going to the Super Bowl was a regular part of his duties as the Bills made it to the big game his four first years covering the team. He was wrong! In addition to football and golf, Sal has become the main lacrosse writer covering the Knighthawks, Rattlers and the local college scene. He is a two-time recipient of the Rochester Press-Radio Club?s Sports Writer of the Year Award, has also won the American Legion?s Sports Writer of the Year Award, and was the National Lacrosse League writer of the year. His work has also been recognized by the New York State Associated Press Association. Sal lives in Walworth with his wife Christine, daughters Taylor and Caroline, son Holden, and dog Buddy.

A former reporter and correspondent for The Associated Press, Hettena has exposed the torture death of an Iraqi prisoner in CIA custody, the only known case of its kind. He has also discovered photos posted on the Internet of Navy SEALs treating prisoners harshly and revealed that a secret Navy office contracted planes that were used in the CIA's rendition program. Hettena grew up in New York, attended The Fieldston School and spent his summers in high school working on oil tankers and coal carriers running to Panama, Alaska and the Netherlands. He is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and holds a Master's Degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1994. Before joining the AP in 1997, he worked for two Iowa newspapers. He and his wife, Anita, have a son, Ryan, and a yellow lab, Grace.

Steve Wilstein, retired national sports columnist for The Associated Press, covered Muhammad Ali's career throughout the 1970s and sports events around the globe for 34 years, including the summer and winter Olympics, the grand slams of tennis and golf, the World Series, Super Bowl, World Cup, Final Four, Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500 and NBA and NHL playoffs. He is the author of the AP Sports Writing Handbook, published by McGraw-Hill, which is used by sports writing and photojournalism classes in universities. He won more than 25 national writing awards, including the National Headliner Award, and is best known for breaking the steroid scandal in baseball with the story of Mark McGwire?s use of the muscle-building supplement androstenedione during his 70-homer season. Wilstein, born in New York on Sept. 1, 1948, is a 1970 graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

Tom Shaer is familiar to viewers and listeners around the midwest through his 25 years on television and radio. The morning SportsCenter anchor on ESPN Radio 1000 in Chicago, Tom joined the ABC-owned station in 2002 after 12 years as a television anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ, Channel 5. Tom brings knowledge and enthusiasm to his broadcasts, for which he has been recognized by Crain's Chicago Business in a survey to determine the best broadcasters in Chicago and by the Associated Press, which named his TV reports best in Illinois during 1999. Tom has also covered numerous major news stories for which he won an Emmy and a Peter Lisagor Journalism Award. Tom arrived in Chicago in 1983 as co-host of a nightly program with Hall of Famer Jack Brickhouse on WGN-AM. He made his television debut on WGN-TV before joining CBS-owned WBBM radio, where he was morning sports anchor for five years, before moving to WMAQ-TV. During his years at NBC-5, he also hosted a popular morning show on all-sports WSCR radio. While at Emerson College in Boston, Tom began his broadcasting career there as a host of talk shows for WITS Radio from 1978-1982 and anchor for WJAR-TV (Providence, RI) after starting his journalism career as a correspondent for the Associated Press. Tom is married with two children and resides in the suburbs north of Chicago. He is an avid golfer and student of twentieth century United States history, American media and men's health. He serves on the District 225 School Board, emcees numerous annual charitable galas and mentors young adults entering the field of broadcast communications.

Vikki Porter is director of the Knight New Media Center and supervises Professional Development Programs for New Media journalists at USC Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles. She was the founding director of the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. During her 30-year journalism career, Porter worked in five Western states, started a newspaper, served as top editor for three community newspapers, and shared a 1986 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal as part of a five-person team while city editor of The Denver Post. Most recently, she was executive editor of The Desert Sun newspaper in Palm Springs, CA. Porter was a Knight Professional-in-Residence at the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in 1987-88 and a Knight Journalism Fellow in Studies of Law at Yale Law School in 1988-89, where she earned her Masters in Studies of Law. She is active in the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associated Press Managing Editors, and has been invited to participate in conferences hosted by the Pew Foundation for Public Journalism, the Freedom Forum, Harwood and Associates and the American Press Institute.

After graduating from Vassar with a B.A. in History, Jennifer began a career in journalism (CBS News, Dow Jones Newswires) before deciding to pursue her acting dreams. In 2003 she received an MFA from the Actors Studio Drama School and was named a lifetime member of the Actors Studio in 2004. In between acting gigs, Jennifer is a financial news editor for The Associated Press and performs business theatre training seminars for such clients as Cisco and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Jennifer O'Malley has switched jobs since she attended the 2004 "Newspaper Reporting, Writing & Editing: A Coaching Approach" seminar. She came as assistant city editor at the Indianapolis Star and is now the news editor for the Associated Press in Indiana . She has a new team to work her coaching magic on!

MARTA LAVANDIER is Florida Photo Editor for the Associated Press coordinating coverage of news, sports, breaking news and features around the state from Miami. She manages seven staff photographers and over 50 freelance photographers, scheduling and editing their work, reviewing performance, managing an annual budget, and servicing member newspapers, as well as coordinating short and long term projects with AP state editors and reporters. Recipient of a number of awards, Marta previously was a staff photographer for AP, the Boston Globe and The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) and is a graduate of RIT and the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Michael Oreskes, managing editor for national news at the Associated Press, was quoted as saying, "We are not distributing what are, in effect, visual press releases." The AP also rejected a photo of Obama re-taking the oath of office that was taken by Souza.

Paul Raeburn is the author of Acquainted with the Night, a memoir of raising children with depression and bipolar disorder. He is a former senior editor at Business Week and science editor at The Associated Press. He is also a past president of the National Association of Science Writers and a recipient of its Science-in-Society Award. His other awards include the Associated Press Managing Editors Award for excellence, two Deadline Club awards, two Computer Press Association awards, and the John P. McGovern Award for Excellence in Medical Communications from the American Medical Writers Association. He is an honorary member of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society. Raeburn was on the CASW board for more than a dozen years before leaving to become CASW's New Horizons Program Director.

Few people in Pennsylvania can match Tony's professional and governmental experience. As leader of Triad's strategic communications practice, Tony brings more than 30 years background in media, government and public relations. He has crafted winning messages and strategies for clients involved in some of the state's most contentious issues in recent years. Before joining Triad, he was executive vice president of central Pennsylvania's top consumer advertising agency, Neiman Group. Tony launched Neiman Group's widely respected social marketing and issues management division in 1994. At Neiman, he led the communications efforts for a host of clients including Fortune 500 companies, statewide labor unions and non-profit entities. Among the successful statewide efforts were communications and marketing programs for Pennsylvania's prepaid college tuition program, insurance fraud and auto theft prevention, education reform, tort reform, adult literacy promotion, securities fraud awareness, electricity and telecommunications competition and transportation services. Prior to joining Neiman, Tony was communications director for the late Gov. Robert P. Casey. He also served as press secretary for the late Gov. Milton Shapp. He was largely credited with building a state-of-the-art communications infrastructure for the Casey administration that included the Commonwealth's first local and wide-area networks, satellite links to news media, teleconferencing and maximization of public service advertising opportunities. He supervised the selection and management of more than 100 public relations, advertising and communications professionals and managed relationships with more than a dozen advertising and public relations firms representing billings of more than $25 million a year. Tony also served as the director of communications under House Speakers K. Leroy Irvis and James J. Manderino. He is a former reporter and editor for The Associated Press and newspapers in New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania. He currently serves as chair of the Pennsylvania Public Television Network via appointments by both Govs. Casey and Tom Ridge.

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Several years ago, Roy Wells envisioned a new kind of public affairs firm. Its core services would be lobbying, strategic communications and business consulting. It would capitalize on new technology to scan the public policy landscape, to reach key audiences and bolster the relationships conducive to clients' success. Triad Strategies quickly emerged as one of the largest and most successful public affairs firms in Pennsylvania, whose clientele includes Fortune 500 companies, major healthcare providers and hospital groups, agribusinesses, energy companies, non-profits, state agencies and professional trade organizations. Today, Triad is uniquely positioned to take on the tough assignments that require creative strategies. As president, Roy recruited the largest staff of registered lobbyists in the state. The team includes former legislative and executive branch staff members from both sides of the political aisle. With strategic communications practice leader Tony May, he also has assembled Pennsylvania's premier group of issue management and crisis communications professionals. The result is the triad of lobbying, strategic communications and business consulting. Building on the firm's success in Harrisburg, Triad now has a presence in Philadelphia, Washington, Lancaster and Scranton. The firm has strategic alliances with partners whose expertise includes law, finance, advertising and marketing.

Professional playwright, actor, composer/lyricist, entertainment publicist, and producer, Christopher wears many different hats. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, ASCAP, The Associated Press, WGA-E, the Composers Society, and AEA. He has worked with the Dramatists Guild of America as a Contributing Editor, World-Upsidedown Players as their PR Director, CTC as their Southampton Associate Artistic Director, and You Are Here Productions as their AGM. In PR, Christopher represents a number of both emerging and high profile music, fashion, film, and tv network clients. He also serves as the Resident Publicist of Producers Club Theatres and is the Co-founder of Bacchae Nights.

Mr. Pruitt became chairman of the board in 2001. He has been chief executive officer of The McClatchy Company since 1996 and president since 1995, the year he also became a director. He served as chief operating officer from 1995 to 1996, and as vice president, operations and technology from 1994 to 1995. Before that, Mr. Pruitt was publisher of The Fresno Bee from 1991 to 1994, served as corporate secretary and general counsel from 1987 to 1991 and was counsel from 1984 to 1987. He currently serves as a director of The Associated Press, the Newspaper Association of America and The James Irvine Foundation.

George Wilson is chairman of the board of Newspapers of New England, Inc., a publisher of family-owned newspapers in New Hampshire, The Concord Monitor, The Valley News and The Monadnock Ledger, and, in Massachusetts, The Greenfield Recorder. He has resided in Concord, New Hampshire, with his wife, Marily, and been associated with the Concord Monitor, since 1962.

Peggy Kuhr is Knight professor of journalism at the University of Kansas. Until recently, she was managing editor for content at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane. Under her direction, that paper's newsroom has won five consecutive regional awards for general excellence, as well as national recognition for its coverage of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and the costs of salmon recovery. Ms Kuhr has been a member of the board of directors of the Associated Press Managing Editors and has worked for The Hartford Courant and the Great Falls Tribune.

Susana Schuler joined Raycom Media in February 2006 to oversee Raycom Media's growing group of news operations. Schuler is responsible for oversight of the product, people, ratings, research, content and community involvement of the news operations. Prior to coming aboard Schuler was VP/Corporate News Director for Nexstar Broadcasting Group in Irving, Texas with oversight of that company's 27 news operations across the country. Prior to joining Nexstar Schuler served in News Management roles in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Texas as well as anchor, reporter, producer and assignment manager roles in Texas and Pennsylvania. Schuler is a Cum Laude graduate of Texas Christian University with a BS degree in Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Business. She is an active member of the Radio Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) board. Schuler also has served on advisory boards for the University of North Texas, Ball State University and Eastern Illinois University. Schuler also volunteers for the American Cancer Society, Race for the Cure and the American Red Cross. In 2002 Broadcasting & Cable Magazine named Schuler one of the Next Wave of Women in Communications to watch in the future. Schuler, her husband and younger daughter live in Montgomery. Their older daughter lives in California.