Drew Clark Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Broadband Breakfast is the leading media company advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. The company’s annual Digital Infrastructure Investment conference champions a robust 21st century information economy.

Based in Best Best & Krieger LLP’s Washington, D.C. office, Clark put his experience to work for public agencies in the areas of Internet technology, broadband deployment and intellectual property by drafting and negotiating contracts and addressing legal and policy issues. He was Of Counsel in the firm’s Municipal Law practice group.Clark works with cities, special districts and private companies on planning, financing and coordinating efforts of the many partners necessary to construct broadband infrastructure and deploy “Smart City” applications. He has advised both municipal and rural clients on the legal and policy options for building networks. These include the open access model, franchise agreements and public-private partnerships.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Clark was a member of Kirton McConkie’s Corporate and Government & Utilities industry sections. His experience lies at the intersection of law, media and internet infrastructure. He specializes in information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property, public utilities, and contract drafting and negotiations. He also works with state, municipal and rural broadband leaders to capture broadband benefits of job creation, telemedicine, online learning, public safety, energy, transportation and eGovernment.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Responsible to ensure that the editorials of the Deseret News reflect the editorial policy of the paper to be a respected and authoritative moral voice to people of conscience throughout the world. Charged with identifying and recruiting powerful new voices for Deseret News. Striving to elevate the national conversation about faith, family and freedom that are so central for the Deseret News.To see a list of his weekly columns in the Deseret News from 2014 to 2016, please visit https://www.deseret.com/authors/drew-clarkSenior Contributing Editor, September 2013-February 2014Opinion Editor, February 2014-August 2014Columnist, June 2014-June 2016

Springfield, Il, Us

Broadband Illinois Executive Director Drew Clark relocated to Illinois in 2010 to lead the Springfield-based 501(c)(3) non-profit entity officially known as the Partnership for a Connected Illinois. He implements Gov. Pat Quinn’s personal motto, “everybody in, and nobody left out,” and brings experts and practitioners to advance a common purpose. Clark’s work at Broadband Illinois united Southern Illinois and Chicagoland, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois, and built up the Broadband Deployment Council’s efforts to use internet expansion to improve economic development in the State.Broadband Illinois’ pioneering work in internet planning, convening and educating Illinois set the standard for engagement between communications providers and users of internet services, who have different interests but are both essential to advancing broadband. Clark established the framework of 10 regional eTeams: community groups that link technology improvements to concrete economic development objectives. The maps, resources and toolkits available on http://broadbandillinois.org provided the way that other state broadband entities followed. Under his leadership, the State launched the Illinois Broadband Innovation Fund and the Federal Communication Commission awarded a broadband lifeline grant for rural Western and Southern Illinois.

Assistant Director at academic research program at intersection of telecom policy and law and economics. Responsible for cultivating sources and arranging conferences and lectures, program development, content management, and marketing events and research to journalists, academics, policy-makers and others.

Broadband Breakfast is a Washington-based news organization building a community of interest around Infrastructure, Smart Cities, Broadband’s Impact and Rural Telecom. We provide independent news and expert opinion on each of these subjects.

Washington, Dc, Us

Headed a project devoted to news on telecommunications, media and technology for non-profit investigative journalism organization. Supervised a three-million-record database allowing all Americans to see who owns the media and communications networks within your ZIP code.Filed Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to obtain information about local broadband availability.Initiated a partnership with Congresspedia , jointly creating a “portal” devoted to telecommunication, media and intellectual property policy.Drafted Media Tracker policy license that allows individuals to SHARE and REPRODUCE the Media Tracker data so long as they give proper ATTRIBUTION to the Center and do so only for NON-COMMERCIAL uses.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Senior Editor. National Journal’s Insider Update: The Telecom Act. Conceptualized and was instrumental to launch of advertising-supported Web site in April 2005. Directed reporters’ coverage on telecom issues.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Contributing Editor for twice-daily paper and Internet publication devoted to the business and politics of Congress. Proposed, created and wrote biweekly “Wired in Washington” column for CongressDaily AM.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

National Journal's Technology Daily was one of the first online news sources to cover the intersection of technology with politics and policy. Senior Writer for National Journal Group. For Technology Daily, led comprehensive reporting of telecommunications, privacy, antitrust, free speech and intellectual property.

Reported on emerging technologies in electronic commerce, home banking on the Web, bank merger integration efforts, and preparations to combat the Year 2000 computer bug.

M.S., Journalism

J.D., Law

B.A. With Honors, Major In Philosophy, Minor In Economics