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APPENDIX III

Speakers at Meetings of the Knight Commission

To assist in its deliberations, the Knight Commission devoted much of its first four meetings to hearing presentations by experts who briefed the Commission on developments in information and communications technology, trends in media, journalism and journalism education, the structure of community information flow, and the achievements of—and challenges facing—community institutions dedicated to empowering community self-governance through information and organization. Below is the roster of the speakers from these meetings. Each was speaking solely in his or her individual capacity; institutional affiliations are supplied for identification purposes only. The Commission is grateful for the time and insights of all participants. None is responsible for the content of this report, which represents solely the views of the Knight Commission. Minutes of these meetings and videos of all presentations are available at www.knightcomm.org.

JUNE 24, 2008

Washington, D.C.

Bryan Alexander, Research Director, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education

Michael Wood-Lewis, Founder, Front Porch Forum

Vincent Price, Provost and Professor of Communication and Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania

Barbara Cohen, President and Founder, Kannon Consulting

Jeffrey Stevenson, Managing Partner and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Veronis Suhler Stevenson

Jon Wilkins, Partner, McKinsey and Co.

Beverley Wheeler, Executive Director, District of Columbia State Board of Education

AUGUST 9, 2008

Aspen, Colorado

Tom Rosenstiel, Director, Project for Excellence in Journalism

Loris Ann Taylor, Executive Director, Native Public Media

Ron Williams, Founder, Detroit Metro News and other alternative weeklies; Publisher, Happy Frog (www.happyfrog.ca)

SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Mountain View, California

Larry Alder, Product Manager and Member of Alternative Access Team, Google

Krishna Bharat, Creator, Google News

Adam Smith, Print Product Manager, Google

Lior Ron, Project Manager, Google Earth and Google Maps

Jason Miller, Group Project Manager, AdSense, Google

Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, USC Annenberg School of Communication; Director, Communication Technology and Community Program; and Principal Investigator, Metamorphosis Project

NOVEMBER 17, 2008