Board of Advisors Named
January 3rd, 2006 by Center for Citizen MediaHere’s the initial Board of Advisors for the Center for Citizen Media.
- Merrill Brown, national editorial director, News21, a Carnegie-Knight initiative on the future of journalism education; media consultant and founding editor-in-chief, MSNBC
- Jonathan Dube, editorial director, CBC.ca; publisher, CyberJournalist.net; columnist, Poynter Institute; membership chair and board member, Online News Association
- Richard Edelman, President and CEO, Edelman public relations
- Charles Eisendrath, director, Knight-Wallace Fellows, University of Michigan
- James Fallows, national correspondent of the Atlantic Monthly and author of many books including Breaking the News
- Michael Goff, consultant; founder of Out magazine; former general manager, MSN (Microsoft Network) and partner in Grassroots Media Inc.
- Paul Grabowicz, director of New Media Program at the University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- Reid Hoffman, Founder and CEO, LinkedIn
- Joi Ito, enterpreneur and investor
- JD Lasica, executive director of Ourmedia.org and author of Darknet: Hollywood’s War Against the Digital Generation
- Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University law professor; author; co-founder, Creative Commons
- Rebecca MacKinnon, co-founder, Global Voices Online; fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School; former CNN correspondent
- Susan Mernit, principal in 5ive, a digital media consultancy
- Allen Morgan, managing director, Mayfield venture capital firm
- Craig Newmark, founder and chief customer service representative, craigslist
- John Palfrey, executive director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society.
- Oh Yeon Ho, founder and CEO of OhmyNews
- Steve Outing, senior editor, Poynter Institute for Media Studies; founder, Enthusiast Group
- Glenn Reynolds, creator of Instapundit.com blog; law professor, University of Tennessee
- Jay Rosen, journalism professor, New York University; author; editor of PressThink blog
- Orville Schell, dean, University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
- Hilary Schneider, senior vice president, Yahoo!
- Clay Shirky, writer, educator and consultant
- Lisa Stone, journalist; creator of BlogHer conference; former editor-in-chief, Women.com
- Jimmy Wales, founder, Wikipedia
These folks are some of the smartest and most thoughtful people I know. All are committed to a vibrant, diverse media ecosystem– and to helping ensure that tomorrow’s journalism will be honorable and strong.
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