Conference Committees

Program Committee Co-Chairs

  • Heather Billings, Chicago Tribune
  • Matt Mansfield, Northwestern University

Program Committee

  • Cory Bergman, Breaking News
  • Kat Chow, NPR HQ
  • Ben Colmery, International Center for Journalists
  • Mike Corey, Center for Investigative Reporting
  • Justin Ellis, Nieman Journalism Lab
  • Joe Germuska, Northwestern University Knight Lab
  • Andrew Gibson, Orlando Sentinel
  • Rich Gordon, Medill at Northwestern University
  • S. Mitra Kalita, Quartz
  • Melody Kramer, NPR HQ
  • Nathalie Malinarich, BBC
  • Michelle Minkoff, Associated Press
  • Craig Newman, Chicago Sun-Times
  • Marcia Parker, State.com
  • Jennifer Preston, The New York Times, ONA Board Member
  • Mike Reilley, DePaul University
  • Sherry Skalko, Business Insurance
  • Talia Stroud, Engaging News Project
  • Ankur Thakkar, Digital Director, City of Chicago
  • Julie Westfall, Los Angeles Times

Review Committee

  • Pallavi Anderson, Google
  • Samantha Barry, CNN
  • Lindsey Cook, ONA at Univerisity of Georgia, AP-Google Scholar
  • Fernando Diaz, Hoy (Chicago)
  • Tyler Fisher, NPR
  • EJ Graff, Senior Fellow, Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, Brandeis University
  • Forest Gregg, University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology
  • Robert Hernandez, USC-Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, ONA Board Member
  • Victor Hernandez, CNN
  • Steve Herrmann, BBC, ONA Board Member
  • Nadine Hoffman, International Women’s Media Foundation
  • Mandy Jenkins, Storyful, ONA Board Member
  • Carlos Martínez de la Serna, JSK Stanford Fellow, ONA Spain Leader
  • Raju Narisetti, News Corp
  • Dan Pacheco, Syracuse University
  • Erik Reyna, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
  • Callie Schweitzer, Time
  • Juana Summers, Politico, former ONA Board Member
  • Kyle Stokes, KPLU, MJ Bear Fellow
  • Benét Wilson, Aviation Weekly, ONA Board Member
  • Evan Wyloge, AZ Capitol Times