These journalists, writers and educators have agreed to teach and
mentor students at The Poynter Institute’s writers workshop for high
school students in February:
- Eric Deggans, media critic, St. Petersburg Times
- Lane DeGregory, feature writer, St. Petersburg Times
- Tamara El-Khoury, general assignment reporter, St. Petersburg Times Clearwater bureau
- Katharine Fair, freelance writer and co-author of a novel, The Holly Wreath Man
- Theo Francis, staff reporter, The Wall Street Journal
- Tom French, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, St. Petersburg Times
- Jeff Houck, assistant features editor, Tampa Tribune
- Joe Humphrey, newspaper and TV journalism teacher at Hillsborough
High School and vice president of the Florida Scholastic Press
Association - Victoria Lim, senior consumer investigative reporter, WFLA-TV Channel 8
- Kevin McGeever, city editor, SPTimes.com
- John Cutsinger, nationally recognized high school journalism teacher and newspaper/yearbook adviser
- Preston Rudie, general assignment reporter, WTSP-TV Channel 10
- Howard Troxler, columnist, St. Petersburg Times (keynote presenter)
- Poynter faculty members Roy Peter Clark, Vicki Krueger, Scott Libin, Kelly McBride, Chip Scanlan and Al Tompkins
