Knight Foundation supports democracy in America by fostering informed, engaged, and equitable communities. The foundation invests in journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy, and in the success of cities and towns where John S. and James L. Knight once published newspapers.

The American Press Institute advances an innovative and sustainable news industry by helping publishers understand and engage audiences, grow revenue, improve public-service journalism, and succeed at organizational change.The American Press Institute is a national 501(c)3 nonprofit educational organization affiliated with the News Media Alliance. It works with and draws on the best ideas from anyone working in news publishing and journalism and anyone interested in its mission of making journalism sustainable.

The National Press Foundation is a 501(c)(3) whose primary mission is educating journalists on the complex issues of the day and training them on the latest digital tools. The foundation recognizes and encourages excellence in journalism through its awards and programs.Since 1976, the foundation has provided in-person professional development opportunities to thousands of editors, producers and reporters, helping them better understand and explain the impact of public policy on readers and viewers. Programs are held in the nation’s capital, around the United States and overseas. NPF brings journalists together with leading authorities to discuss significant issues ranging from health and economics to politics and policy.

The News Media Alliance is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The organization was founded in 1992 through a merger of seven associations serving the newspaper industry and was originally known as the Newspaper Association of America (NAA).Our work focuses on the key challenges and opportunities of today’s news environment: Freedom of the press, public policy and legal matters, advertising growth, new revenue streams and audience development across all platforms. The News Media Alliance is dedicated to working with our members, as well as other partner organizations, to advance the industry through advocacy, critical research and resources and events that connect and inspire.

Local Media Association is the only organization that brings all media together for the purpose of sharing, networking, collaborating and more. More than 3,000 newspapers, TV stations, radio stations, directories, pure plays and research & development partners, are active members. LMA assists local media companies with their transformation strategies via cutting-edge programs, conferences, webinars, research and training.LMA members are among the most progressive and forward-thinking in the industry. They are focused on transforming their culture and business models. Members range from large publicly-traded companies to smaller, family-owned, operations. The common connection is their desire to transform their traditional media companies by embracing new technology and ideas.

Founded in 2014, Spirited Media provides consulting services for media companies seeking to accelerate their digital transformations, improve editorial operations, grow non-traditional revenue lines and improve digital product offerings.Originally bootstrapped by Jim and Joan Brady, Spirited Media raised more than $4m and launched three local sites: Billy Penn in Philadelphia, The Incline in Pittsburgh and Denverite in Denver. All three sites were sold in spring 2019, respectively, to WHYY, Whereby.us and Colorado Public Radio. Before selling the sites, Spirited's total monthly audience surpassed more than 1 million uniques per month and it had grown its paid membership program to more than 2,500 members.

• Served a two-year term as the network’s public editor, providing independent examination of ESPN’s journalistic decisions, policies and ethics, while also answering readers’ questions.• Created the position’s first Twitter and Facebook pages, and engaged with readers in a public forum.• Wrote on network’s controversial Deflategate coverage, its decision to shutter Grantland, its internal political conflicts and its decision to expand its focus beyond sports.

The American Society of News Editors focuses on leadership development and journalism-related issues. Founded in 1922 as a nonprofit professional organization, ASNE promotes fair, principled journalism, defends and protects First Amendment rights, and fights for freedom of information and open government. Leadership, innovation, diversity and inclusion in coverage and the journalism work force, opinion journalism, news literacy and the sharing of ideas are also key ASNE initiatives.

Served on the board of the Online News Association for a decade, and as its president in 2012 and 2013. ONA has more than 2,000 members and is comprised of people working in the field of online journalism. Previously served as treasurer and vice president.

• Provided overall editorial leadership and direction for Digital First Media’s 800 multi-platform properties -- including 75 daily newspapers. • Owned direct reporting authority over all DFM’s newsrooms, which included more than 2,100 journalists.• Led the creation of Project Thunderdome, which created a New York-based digital newsroom of 55 that led innovation efforts for DFM around breaking news, social media, data, video and curation.• Supervised newsrooms that, during my time at DFM, won two Pulitzer Prizes, three American Society of News Editors awards, two National Press Foundation Ben Bradlee Editor of the Year awards, and hundreds of other national, state and local journalism awards.

Served as a consultant for the CEO and assisted on philly.com's overall strategy, structure and design.

• Led the conception, development and launch of TBD, a Washington D.C.-based news organization made up of TBD.com and TBD TV, a 24/7 local cable TV news station.• Managed a 50-person web staff, a 40-person TV staff and an annual budget of approximately $6 million.• Developed the strategic plan for the August 2010 launch of TBD.com, an innovative local news site combining original journalism with heavy doses of community networking, curation, geo-coding and mobile.• Led the re-making and re-branding of TBD TV, formerly known as NewsChannel 8. This included recruiting new talent, creating a new set and graphics package and restructuring the newsroom organization.

• Supervised the editorial strategy and direction of washingtonpost.com.• Managed a staff of more than 100, and an annual budget of approximately $18 million.• Transformed washingtonpost.com into a leader on the Web. The site was the first major U.S. news site to launch staff blogs, reader comments and live video broadcasts around major news events.• Led the development of an aggressive web strategy that led to the following awards for the site: a Scripps National Journalism Award, a Knight Award for Public Service, two Best Overall News Site awards from the Newspaper Association of America, four consecutive Edward R. Murrow awards for Best Non-Broadcast Affiliated Web Site and a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism. • Dramatically altered the culture of the Web staff, transforming it from a risk-averse, editorially-focused team into one that embraced risk and new Web technologies, and built productive relationships with non-editorial departments such as Sales, Marketing, Business Development, Technology and Legal.

• Managed the group responsible for the scheduling, management, production and launch of all products for AOL’s U.S. and international services and worked with AOL senior management to prioritize all projects.• Provided oversight of the group’s two main functions: supporting the daily content programming efforts of the service, and developing core AOL products such as e-mail, instant messaging and client releases.• Managed a full-time staff of 120, a contractor staff of 30 and the department’s $20 million annual budget.

• Created, developed and managed AOL’s Editorial Operations group, which supervised the daily operations of the company’s 80-person content programming organization. • Managed a full-time staff of 14, and the group’s $3 million budget.• Served as the AOL programming liaison for Time Warner partners such as CNN, TNT, Time Inc. and HBO.• Managed AOL’s service-wide coverage of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

• Managed the AOL News group, which included the News, Sports, International and Government channels. • Managed AOL’s relationships with key strategic partners such as CNN, CBS News, The Weather Channel, The New York Times, National Public Radio, CBS SportsLine, the NFL, the NBA and NASCAR.

• Managed the AOL Sports Channel, which included oversight of daily programming decisions and the development of new programming strategies, products and revenue streams.

• Supervised the daily programming of washingtonpost.com’s home page, news digest and section fronts.• Participated on senior management team that drove strategy for budgeting, staffing and managing the site’s relationship with The Washington Post newspaper.• Managed a matrixed full-time editorial staff of 25 and a part-time staff of 15.

• Supervised daily updating and programming of washingtonpost.com’s sports section.• Managed a full-time editorial staff of four and a part-time staff of 12.• Was a member of the team that launched washingtonpost.com in June 1996.

• Wrote more than 1,400 articles in six-plus years with The Post’s sports department. In addition to reporting duties, worked as a sports copy editor and composing room editor. Primary reporting responsibilities included coverage of local college teams, such as the University of Maryland, University of Virginia, Georgetown, George Washington and smaller colleges. Served as backup for beat writers covering the Redskins, Bullets, Capitals and Orioles.

Served as Olympics researcher in NBC's Barcelona studio during the 1992 Summer Games.

Wrote 200 articles while serving as UPI Washington's sports editor.