Board of Advisors Named

Here’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.