Journalism in a 24/7 World: Decision-making for the Online Editor

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Fellows

Mike Brunker is a projects team editor for MSNBC.com. Brunker has served as the editor of the "Rising from Ruin" series, which was selected as the "Best Journalism Site" of 2005 by the National Press Club. In 2005, Brunker also won a first place award in the "special report/enterprise" category for online media, given by the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, the Online News Association and National Turn Writers Association. Brunker holds a B.A. in journalism from San Francisco State University.

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Phone: (425) 703-3695

Rachel Clarke is a coordinating producer for enhanced coverage at CNN.com in Atlanta, Georgia. She won the Hong Kong Newspaper Society reporting award in 1994, and participated in a Thomson Regional Newspapers apprenticeship from 1989 to 1991. Before joining the CNN team, Clarke combined her interest in travel with her interest in journalism and worked for Eastern Express, and English-language newspaper in Hong Kong. She has also worked as an assistant news editor and chief reporter for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, an Editor-in-Chief for the South China Morning Post.com, and a world duty editor and Washington correspondent for the BBC news Web site. Clarke graduated from University College London with a degree in medieval and modern history.

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Phone: (404) 588-6888

Gabriel Coan is a senior editor at Yahoo!. He works on the team that produces the "Featured" component on the front page of Yahoo!. He also owns and operates an independent record label, and has worked for Boarders Books and Pfeifer Music Partners. Coan graduated Cum Laude from San Francisco State University and holds a degree in broadcast and electronic communication arts.

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Phone: (408) 349-3877

Sean Federico-O Murchu is an East Coast news manager for MSNBC.com in Secaucus, New Jersey. He has worked as an editor at Irish America magazine, as a copy editor for the Agence France-Presse, as a freelance sports copy editor at the New York Post and as the New York Copy Chief for Bridge News. Federico-O Murchu has also served as an occasional reporter for Irish language (Gaelic) radio in Ireland. He holds a certificate in journalism from College of Journalism in Dublin, Ireland.

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Phone: (201) 583-5862

Juliet Gorman is a multimedia producer at The New York Times. She previously was associate producer, interactive for P.O.V./The American Documentary, Inc.; web development consultant for the National Religious Partnership for the Environment; and programmer, designer, researcher at the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning. Gorman is a member of the Association of Independent Video and Filmmakers. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin College with a B.A. in history.

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Phone: (646) 698-8153

Todd Holzman is a supervising editor at National Public Radio. Holzman has won several Virginia Press Association awards in the 1980s. Prior to joining NPR, he worked for the Miami Herald, DCI Communications, ABC Radio News and States News Service. He also does volunteer work with recovering alcoholics and addicts and is an NPR mentor, who runs the NPR.org internship program. Holzman holds a Bachelor's degree in English from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.

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Phone: (202) 513-2453

Jennifer Johnson is an interactive news writer for The Wall Street Journal Online. She has won numerous awards including the Online News Association New Media Workshop Award from Columbia University; and has been named a McMahon Journalism Scholar, a Stephenson Political Journalism Scholar, an Associated Press - Oklahoma Scholar, a Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Scholar, an American Copy Editors Society Scholar, a Belknap Scholar and a Mayo Scholar. Johnson has worked as an adjunct professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in new media. She earned a B.A. in journalism and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oklahoma, and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. She has also studied at the Institute for Political Journalism at Georgetown University.

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Phone: (212) 416-4379

Andrew Katkin is an editor on the homepage team at MSN, based in New York City. He has served as a producer at Discovery.com and as a web manager at National Environmental Trust; and he has held an editor position at Billings Gazette. Katkin, a returning fellow, who attended "The Business of Online Journalism" in April 2004, is a member of the Newspaper Association of America. He attended Hampshire College and holds a Bachelor's degree in history, and peace and conflict resolution; and a Graduate degree in modern European history.

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Phone: (646) 225-4306

William Konigsberg is an online sports editor for the Associated Press. He won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Digital Journalism in 2004. Konigsberg has also worked as a staff writer for North Jersey Herald and News, an associate editor at ESPN.com, a staff writer at The Associated Press - Hartford, and as a teaching assistant at Arizona State University. He is a member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. Recently, Konigsberg developed a fantasy baseball package online. He has a Bachelor's degree in literature/writing from Columbia University, and a Master's degree in creative writing from Arizona State University.

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Phone: (212) 621-7597

Patty Michalski is the news director for USA Today. She has participated in USA Today's management program, and taken ongoing photography classes at Corcoran College of Art and Design. Before coming to USA Today, Michalski was an assistant Interactive Editor at MSP Communications. She enjoys photography, and holds a B.A. in print journalism and art history from the University of St. Thomas.

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Phone: (703) 854-5092

Rebecca Moreno is associate editor for the front page section of Yahoo!. Moreno was a Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow from 2001 to 2004. She has completed a UC Extension course called Copyediting by Computer, and attended the 2005 Yahoo! Editorial Conference. Before joining Yahoo!, Moreno worked for the NPR affiliate, KBPS, and held various positions at UC Berkeley during her graduate studies. She holds a B.A. in literatures in English from UC San Diego, and an M.A. in English from UC Berkeley. Moreno is a doctoral candidate in English at UC Berkeley.

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Phone: (408) 349-2471

Ronald Parsons is an assistant managing editor at Yahoo! News. In 2004, Yahoo! Media Group recognized Parsons with the "All Star" Award for launching Yahoo! News' RSS products. He has served as a judge for the EPPY Awards and the AEJMC "Best of the Web" competition. Parsons acts as a regional coordinator for the Online News Association, and he is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. Before coming to work at Yahoo!, Parsons was a sports reporter and online editor for the Arizona Daily Star, taught photography and journalism at San Antonio College, served as the Online Services Editor at the San Antonio Express-News, and worked as a Web producer and editor for IBM. He is also interested in personal technology and computing. He has a B.A. in English literature and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Arizona.

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Phone: (310) 907-2720

Patrice Roe is an online producer for the Los Angeles Times. She earned her web developer certificate in 2002, and has also completed UNIX training programs and the Factiva Series Editorial Library Sessions. Roe has worked for the Los Angeles Times since 1984, doing online marketing and advertising. Prior to joining the Los Angeles Times, she contributed freelance work as an assistant editor at Magic magazine and as a proofreader at Mike Caveney's Magic Words. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts degree this year.

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Phone: (213) 473-2665

Gary Roundtree is a content editor with MSN. He has served as a daily editor in the Election Guide 2004 for MSN. From 2002 to 2004, Roundtree worked in Japan as a contract writer and reporter for the Asahi Shimbun, an Asian media publication, after working as an associate reporter and photographer for their New York Bureau. Roundtree is a member of the Western Washington Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. He holds a B.A. from the University of Washington, and an M.S. from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.

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Phone: (425) 704-8172

Lydia Serota is a full coverage associate editor for Yahoo!. Before coming to Yahoo!, she held a Dow Jones copy editing internship at the San Francisco Chronicle. Serota has also served as managing editor, copy chief, and copy editor at The Daily Californian, and as copy editor for news at the Contra Costa Times. In the fall of 2002, she worked as a campaign intern for Berkeley Mayor Shirley Dean. Serota holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Phone: (310) 907-2794

Douglas Stanglin is a senior editor at USA Today. He held a Nieman Fellowship in 1984, and has studied Russian language at Johns Hopkins University and at Norwich University in Vermont. In the early 1990s, Stanglin won the Overseas Press Club first place award for magazine reporting, and the Headliners Club first place award for foreign reporting. He has worked as a correspondent for United Press International, a Warsaw bureau chief and East European editor for Newsweek, a senior editor for U.S. News and World Report, and a foreign editor and news editor for USA Today. Stanglin holds a B.A. in political science from Southern Methodist University.

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Phone: (703) 854-5456

Mick Sussman is a senior producer at The New York Times, where he's worked for the past nine years. He began producing The Times' online books section in 1997 and was heavily involved with the digital operation in its formative years. Currently, Sussman produces the nytimes.com home page and works with editors on the Continuous News Desk to determine the site's daily news content. He graduated with honors from Oberlin College with a degree in English literature. His continuing education includes coursework at NYU in Web journalism, Web design and copyediting.

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Phone: (212) 556-4216

Richard Vanderknyff is a channel manager for MSN. In addition to his work with MSN, Vanderknyff has also worked as a copy editor at the Los Angeles Times and as web manager of staff communications at UC San Diego. He has 23 years of experience as a professional journalist, and has won various Press Club and Society of Professional Journalists awards. In 2002 and 2004 Vanderknyff was a presenter at the UC Editors Conference. He holds a Bachelor's in communications and a Master's in anthropology from California State University, Fullerton.

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Phone: (425) 722-7229