- John Walsh. As senior vice president and executive editor of ESPN, he oversaw the launch of ESPN, the magazine, and ESPN Radio. Before that, he was managing editor at U.S. News and World Report and Rolling Stone.
- His opening remarks: “The power of great ideas, innovation and execution”
- Jan Tuckwood. She is associate editor of The Palm Beach Post,
where she oversees the features and entertainment sections, special
front page projects and the design of the paper. She was named Cox Editor of the Year in 2001. - Her session: “Get snappy: How to write tight and woo readers”
- Her work:
- “Lost at sea: The disappearance of Jim Trindade,” (The Palm Beach Post, January 2006)
- “Pioneers in Paradise: West Palm Beach, the First 100 Years,” (Longstreet Press, 1994)
- “Our Century” (Mega-Books/Progressive Publishing, 2000)
- Paul Davis. He is executive director of the Foundation for American Communications and has served as president of both the Radio-Television News Directors Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. He was news director at WGN-TV, Chicago, for 13 years.
- His session: “Writing for broadcast in thoughts … not in words”
—Pat Walters, Naughton Fellow, Poynter Online
