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Jeanne Abbott, Associate Professor, University of , worked for the Anchorage Daily News for nearly 15 years and covered the oil boom, native land claims issues and the exploding growth of a frontier city. After earning a Ph.D. in journalism from Missouri, Abbott also spent time at the Sacramento Bee and Des Moines Register before becoming a full‐‐time faculty member.

Julie Vosburgh Agnone is Vice President of Editorial Operations for Kids Publishing and Media. During her career at National Geographic, Julie has written, edited, and managed and books for children, educational media for schools, and CD‐ROMs for beginning and ESL readers. She has worked on various special initiatives for National Geographic, including international editions, strategic partnerships, and electronic publishing.

Danita Allen Wood is the co‐owner and editor‐in‐chief of Missouri Life , which she and her husband purchased and revived in 1999. Danita learned the magazine business at Meredith Corporation, which publishes Better Homes & Gardens, Midwest Living, Successful Farming, and many other magazines. She returned to her home state of Missouri in 1995 to teach at the Missouri School of Journalism, holding the Meredith Chair until 2005, when she decided to devote her full time to Missouri Life.

Dave Anderson is a photographer and filmmaker whose work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Cocoran Gallery and in the pages of Esquire, Stern and ESPN the Magazine. In 2011 Anderson won a National Magazine Award for his “SoLost” video series created for the Oxford American.

Colman Andrews, an internationally known food writer and editor, is editorial director of TheDailyMeal.com. He was the co‐founder and editor‐in‐chief of , and is the author of eight books, including the forthcoming "The Taste of America." He is the winner of eight James Beard Awards, including Cookbook of the Year in 2010 for “The Country Cooking of Ireland.”

Erica Mendez Babcock, Assistant Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, is design editor for the Columbia Missourian and faculty adviser to the Student Society for News Design. Before joining the Missourian staff in June 2012, she was a graphic designer for the Center of American Progress, a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C., and a news design intern for The Virginian‐Pilot in Norfolk, VA.

Florian Bachleda is the Creative Director of . Previously, he was the Creative Director of FB Design, whose clients included Time Inc., Condé Nast, Hearst, and Latina among others. He was also Design Director of Vibe, and worked at New York magazine, and the Village Voice. Bachleda has won awards and medals from the Society of Publication Designers (including the 2011 Gold Medal for Best Redesign), American Illustration, American Photography, Print magazine and Communication Arts, among others. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts and has chaired and juried numerous design, photography and illustration competitions. He has served as President of the Society of Publication Designers and was on its Board of Directors for five years.

James A. Baggett, Editor of Country Gardens (Meredith), has been a magazine editor and writer for more than 30 years. Baggett is also editor of all of the Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications gardening titles, including Deck, Patio & Outdoor Living and Garden . He was formerly editor of Perennials and Nature’s Garden magazines for Better Homes and Gardens Special Interest Publications, and the former executive editor of Gardener and Rebecca’s Garden (Hearst). Baggett is also the author of “Flower Arranging,” a Best of Living Book (), the former garden editor of American Homestyle & Gardening (Gruner + Jahr), and the founding managing editor of Elle Decor (Hachette). Rachel Baker is a features editor at Elle. Before joining Elle, Rachel was an editor of New York magazine's Strategist section, which won three National Magazine Awards during her tenure. Previously, she was an editor at magazine, writing feature stories and overseeing the magazine’s fashion and lifestyle content.

Kristen Baldwin is deputy editor of Entertainment Weekly. Baldwin has worked at EW for nearly 20 years, starting as an editorial assistant. Most recently she has been instrumental in the integration of EW’s print and digital editorial operations. Kristen has served as a TV expert on several local and national television programs, including TODAY, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Access Hollywood, CBS This Morning, E! News, and VH1’s Behind the Music.

John Baxter is Senior Design Editor for National Geographic. Baxter has participated in magazine startups and redesigns that range from Mother Earth News and American Health to American Cowboy and Adirondack Life. He spent a decade working in magazine publishing in with legendary art director Will Hopkins. Through that association he contributed to the redesigns of Food & Wine, Fortune and other consumer magazines. His book design credits include the first work by an unknown author, John O'Brien, whose “Leaving Las Vegas” became Hollywood legend.

Jackie Bell, Associate Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, has 15 years of combined experience as a staff photographer at , The Fort Lauderdale Sun‐Sentinel, The Arizona Daily Star and a chain of magazines in Tel Aviv, Israel. She came to the Missouri School of Journalism after working for two years as an assistant professor at the University of Montana School of Journalism. She has also worked as adjunct faculty at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale and Nashville State Technical Institute.

Keith Bellows was named Senior Vice President and Editor‐in‐Chief of National Geographic Travel Media in June 2012. His duties include oversight of all National Geographic travel development and properties—including online, tablet, books, mobile, apps, expeditions, and related initiatives. He is also Editor‐in‐Chief of National Geographic Traveler, a position he has held since January 1998. He has written for Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Parenting, AARP, and many other magazines. He also wrote “The Canuck Book” and the 1998 Winter Olympics ACCESS Guide for ABC‐TV. His “100 Places That Will Change Your Child’s Life,” part of a program he is developing to encourage parents, corporations and schools to view travel as a critical learning tool, was published in February 2012.

John Bennett is Associate Teaching Professor in the marketing department at the University of Missouri. Prior to coming to MU, he taught at Stephens College, University of Northern Colorado and Murray State University. Bennett’s areas of expertise are integrated marketing communications, Internet marketing and marketing research.

Amy Bernstein is the editor of Harvard Business Review. Prior to joining HBR in 2011, she had been VP, Global Thought Leadership, at ManpowerGroup. She has also held senior editorial positions at strategy+business, Business 2.0, The Industry Standard, Brill’s Content, and U.S. News & World Report.

Greg Bowers is Sports Editor of the Columbia Missourian and an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. His journalism career started in Pennsylvania where he was a reporter and editor.

Denis Boyles has worked in print journalism for four decades. Denis has served as editorial director of Toyota's "Hub" of six lifestyle ezines, the editorial manager of Rodale's Men's Health website, and the editorial director of Third Age Media. He is now the co‐editor of The Fortnightly Review's New Series online and the editor of the Fortnightly's imprint, Odd Volumes. He teaches at the Brouzils Seminars in France.

James Burnett is a story editor at and a former news editor for New York magazine, where he won a National Magazine Award for single topic issue. From 2002 to 2009 he worked for Boston magazine, rising from staff writer to editor‐in‐chief. During his tenure, Boston earned more than a dozen CRMA honors.

Scott Burton is the executive editor at ESPN The Magazine. A 1996 graduate of the University of Michigan, he lives in West Hartford, Ct., with his wife and son.

Charlie Butler is a writer‐at‐large at Runner's World magazine. His writing has also appeared in , Fortune and . A graduate of the School of Journalism, he lives in Emmaus, PA.

Maile Carpenter is the Founding Editor‐in‐Chief of Magazine. Since 1995, she has been a staff writer and editor at newspapers and magazines such as the Wilmington Morning Star and Raleigh News & Observer in North Carolina, Time Inc’s FYI, San Francisco Magazine, Time Out New York and Every Day with Rachael Ray, where she was executive editor. Maile’s freelance work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, Esquire, Self, , Parenting and other publications. She is a two‐time James Beard Award nominee and won a Beard Award for magazine feature writing in 2002.

Clint Carter is a University of Missouri graduate and, in 2008, began writing for Eat This, Not That!. Two years later he joined the masthead at Men's Health magazine, and today he oversees a front‐of‐book section that covers travel, gear, adventure, food, style, relationships, and other core lifestyle subjects. He writes a monthly column for Women's Health magazine, and he's appeared on Today Show, Live with Kelly and Michael, The Doctors, The Dr. Oz Show, Access Hollywood Live, and E! News.

Jan Colbert, former Associate Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, taught classes in design, writing and media issues as well as graduate research seminars. She was the executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, the managing editor and art director of The IRE Journal and was the co‐editor of the second edition of “The Reporter’s Handbook.” Colbert has worked as a reporter and editor of the Mexico Ledger and has designed numerous magazines and books.

Beth Collins specializes in travel and food writing and editing, publishing pieces in publications such as Travel + Leisure, Budget Travel magazine, Food & Wine, and Frommers.com. In addition to magazine writing, she is a copywriter for barre3, a Portland‐based fitness company. She focuses on their online, social media, and product content, helping to shape their identity and voice. She also manages community relations for the LinkedIn Group Connect: Professional Women's Network.

Lucy A. Dalglish became Dean of the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland on August 1, 2012, after serving as executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of for over a decade. Prior to assuming the Reporters Committee position, Dalglish was a media lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the law firm of Dorsey & Whitney. Prior to that, from 1980 to 1993, Dalglish was a reporter and editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Ryan D’Agostino is the editor‐in‐chief of . Previously he was an articles editor at Esquire, where his work won two National Magazine Awards and a James Beard Foundation Award. In addition to Esquire he has written for , the Wall Street Journal, New York, The New York Times, and other publications. He is also the editor of the books “Esquire: Eat Like A Man” and “Esquire: The Meaning of Life” and the author of “Rich Like Them” and the forthcoming book “The Rising” (Crown, 2015).

Andrew Del‐Colle is a senior editor at Popular Mechanics magazine. He runs the magazine's front of book sections, Tested and Launch, along with editing and writing features. Before moving to Popular Mechanics, Del‐ Colle was at Men's Health magazine, where he completed his master's project from the University of Missouri.

Margaret Downing has been editor‐in‐chief of the Houston Press since February 1998 and a writer for the publication since that time. She and the writers and photographers at the Press have received a number of national, regional and state awards including IRE, SPJ, NABJ and National Awards for Education Reporting. She is a board member of the Association of Alternative News Media, a graduate of Texas Christian University, and was previously the managing editor at the (Jackson, Mississippi) Clarion‐Ledger, and managing editor at The Houston Post.

David Dudley is a features editor at AARP The Magazine and the former editor‐in‐chief of Urbanite. He lives in Baltimore, MD, with his wife and two daughters.

Simon Dumenco, media columnist and editor‐at‐large of Advertising Age, has worked at and consulted for a wide range of media companies, including Condé Nast, Hearst, IAC, Time Warner, Viacom, and Wenner Media. He was founding editorial director of New York magazine’s NYmag.com and founding editor‐in‐chief of VeryShortList.com. At New York magazine, he was business/technology editor, editor of Magazine Award‐winning media column, and advertising critic and pop‐culture columnist. Dumenco was also editor of Colors, the international culture magazine; consulting executive editor on the launch of O: The Oprah Magazine; executive editor of Seventeen; and managing editor at Baltimore’s City Paper, among various other jobs.

Richard Eisenberg is Assistant Managing Editor and editor of the Money and Work channels for Nextavenue.org, a PBS site for people 50+. He is formerly the Executive Editor of Money Magazine, Special Projects Director of Good Housekeeping and Front Page Finance Editor of Yahoo.com. Eisenberg writes book reviews for People magazine and has freelanced for AARP The Magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, USA Weekend and CBS Moneywatch.com. He is the author of “How to Avoid a Mid‐Life Financial Crisis” and “The Money Book of Personal Finance.” He graduated from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

Nina Elder is the Deputy Food Editor at Every Day with Rachael Ray magazine. Before that, the Mizzou grad was an editor at Bon Appétit and Better Homes & Gardens. She lives in New York, but hails from southern Missouri, the place she will always call home.

Sarah Engler, is Senior Editor, Special Editions, Condé Nast. For the past decade, Sarah Engler has been creating inspiring, thoughtful, and service‐oriented lifestyle content for leading magazines and websites. She's held full‐ time editorial positions at Real Simple, Cookie, and and has freelanced for O: The Oprah Magazine, This Old House, The Nest, Country Living, and Time Out New York.

Sabrina Rubin Erdely is a Contributing Editor at . She’s an investigative journalist who specializes in long‐form narrative writing, especially about crime, health and social issues. Her work has also appeared in magazines including , SELF, GQ, The New Yorker, Mother Jones, and Glamour; has been anthologized in Best American Magazine Writing; and has earned a number of awards, including two National Magazine Award nominations.

Jason Feifer is a senior editor at Fast Company, and previously edited front‐of‐book sections at Men's Health and Boston magazine. He tweets at @heyfeifer.

Seth Fletcher is the senior editor in charge of technology coverage for Scientific American and the author of Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars, and the New Lithium Economy. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, , Fortune, Men’s Journal, Outside, Salon, and other publications.

Jim Flink works with the Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) at The Missouri School of Journalism, focusing on best practices in mobile, video news content and production, as well as distribution and monetization strategies. Prior to that, Jim led, coached and cultivated a young startup newsroom as Vice President of News Operations and General Manager of Newsy, winning “Appys” for Best in News in 2011 and Best in iPad Publishing in 2013.

Jamie Flink, Assistant Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, has nearly 20 years of advertising account management and strategic planning experience serving national clients in the retail, restaurant and packaged goods industries. As VP/account director at Barkley, she managed integrated marketing communications campaigns and on new product development teams.

Nina Furstenau teaches food and wine writing in the University of Missouri Science and Agricultural Journalism program. She began working life in the Peace Corps in Tunisia in 1984 and returned to launch with her husband five business magazines and two international trade shows in the heavy equipment and environmental industries. As editor/publisher, Furstenau focused on principals of service journalism and science/technical writing. Since selling her company in 2001, Furstenau has written a culinary memoir, “Biting Through the Skin: An Indian Kitchen in America’s Heartland” (University of Iowa Press) and “Savor Missouri: River Hills Food and Wine” (Missouri Life and Acclaim Publishing).

Steve George has written and edited hundreds of stories for dozens of regional and national magazines in a journalism career spanning 25 years. He is currently the editor‐in‐chief of Discover Magazine.

Mark Godich is a 1979 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and a former instructor at the school. Since 1995, he has been a senior editor at Sports Illustrated. Last fall, he published his first book—Tigers vs. Jayhawks: From the Civil War to the Battle for No. 1.

Lea Goldman is the features and special projects director of magazine. Prior to that, Goldman was a senior editor and staff writer at . In partnership with E! Entertainment Television, Lea helped produce and appeared in Forbes’ hour‐long TV specials based on Forbes lists. She was also a regular contributor to Channel programs like Forbes on Fox and Your World with . She is the recipient of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice in Journalism and earned a National Magazine Award nomination for her piece on “The Big Business of Breast Cancer.”

Jen Graves is art critic at The Stranger, a newsweekly in Seattle, and a Finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer in Criticism.

Howard Greenberg is the Creative Director for Reader's Digest's Enthusiast Brands, which include Taste of Home (the largest consumer food magazine brand in the world) Simple & Delicious, Birds & Blooms, Country, Country Woman, and Reminisce. He has been Design Director of , Art Director for Travel + Leisure, , Life and Elle Décor, and was the founding art director of Cottage Living, which was named Adweek's magazine start‐up of the year in 2005.

Margaret Guroff is a writer and editor of features, essays, and investigative work. A former editor of Baltimore magazine, she is now a Features Editor at AARP The Magazine, where she covers psychology and family relationships. Her writing interests include profiles, U.S. history, and medical science. Guroff teaches graduate writing courses at The Johns Hopkins University and speaks regularly at writers' conferences. She is also the editor and publisher of Power Moby‐Dick, an online annotation of Herman Melville's classic novel. She lives in Washington, DC.

Heather Haggerty is an art director and designer, who has designed for New York magazine, People, Time Magazine, Essence, InStyle, , Conde Nast Portfolio, and LIFE. She was the deputy design director at Entertainment Weekly for 5 years and, most recently, led the art direction of GreenSource Magazine.

Mike Haney, Chief Creative Officer, Mag+, was part of the original Mag+ concept team in 2009, when he was Executive Editor of Popular Science magazine. In 2010, Mike became Deputy Director of Bonnier R&D, where he helped evolve Mag+ and launch more titles, and co‐founded the Mag+ company in 2011. Today he handles creative and editorial direction for the platform. Mike remains a contributing editor for Popular Science and Conde Nast Traveler.

Suzette Heiman, is a professor of strategic communication and director of planning and communications for the Missouri School of Journalism. She is the editor of “The J‐School, The First Hundred Years of the World's First School of Journalism,” published in fall 2009. Heiman oversees the school's publications, marketing, media‐ relations efforts and website, while teaching courses in strategic communication and public relations. She is editor of The J‐School Magazine, a bi‐annual online publication, and co‐author of one of the leading introductory textbooks on public relations, “Public Relations: The Profession and the Practice,” published by McGraw‐Hill.

Sara Shipley Hiles, Assistant Professor, the Missouri School of Journalism, teaches writing, reporting and digital platforms. She specializes in environmental issues and investigative journalism.

Nancy Wall Hopkins is Senior Deputy Editor, Food and Entertaining/Brand Catalyst for Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Nancy is also a frequent judge for national cooking contests including the James Beard Awards. In addition to creating and styling food and entertainment features, Hopkins made numerous TV appearances and was keynote speaker on entertaining, food, and tabletop design for corporate food and publication clients.

Mark Horvit is the Executive Director of Investigative Reporters & Editors. He oversees training, conferences and services for more than 4,300 members worldwide, and for programs including the National Institute of Computer‐ Assisted Reporting (NICAR) and DocumentCloud. Horvit also is an associate professor at the Missouri School of Journalism, where he teaches investigative reporting. He serves as a member of the board of directors of the National Freedom of Information Coalition. Horvit worked for 20 years as a reporter and editor prior to joining IRE.

Berkley Hudson, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, spent 25 years as a journalist at publications including , where he edited the Sunday Journal Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. Hudson's freelance writing has appeared in Mother Jones, Hemispheres, Historic Preservation and the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine. He is a media historian who focuses on the American South and visual history. His scholarly publications include ones in Southern Cultures, Visual Communication Quarterly and Literary Journalism Studies. He is the current editor‐in‐chief of Visual Communication Quarterly.

Deborah Huelsbergen, Associate Professor of art/graphic design at the University of Missouri, teaches all levels and also serves as the director of undergraduate studies for the department of art. Huelsbergen is a partner in the design firm type‐a‐licious with Ric Wilson, which specializes in work done for not‐for‐profit organizations. She also writes and illustrates children's books.

Eliot Kaplan is the Vice President, Talent Acquisition for Hearst Magazines. Previously he was a two‐time National Magazine Award winner as editor in chief of Philadelphia Magazine and the deputy at the creation of GQ under Art Cooper.

Mark Kass is editor‐in‐chief of the Milwaukee Business Journal, an award‐winning business website and weekly newspaper serving southeastern Wisconsin. Kass has been editor for 10 years and previously served as the paper’s managing editor, focus editor and real estate reporter. Over the years, he has also written for The New York Times, Chicago Sun Times, Crain’s Chicago Business and Milwaukee Magazine.

Linda Kast is Publisher of Kalmbach Publishing Co. in Waukesha, Wis. During her 30+‐year career, Kast has done everything from sports photography to graphic design to magazine editing. She has worked for diverse brands in both business‐to‐business and consumer markets. She currently serves as publisher for four titles: Bead&Button, Bead Style, Art Jewelry, and Cabin Life.

Greg Kayko is a Meredith employee of 24 years and Managing Editor of Better Homes and Gardens. Greg most recently served as Editorial Director of Special Interest Media, where he led the repositioning of that group’s portfolio. Earlier in his career he served as Editor‐in‐Chief of Better Homes and Gardens Books; Managing Editor of Country Home; and Copy Chief of Better Homes and Gardens. Prior to joining Meredith, Kayko taught literature and creative writing courses at Johnson Country College, Arizona Western College, the University of Arizona, and Trident College in Nagoya, Japan. Rob King, Senior Vice President, Sports Center and News, oversees ESPN’s newsgathering operations. Previously, King oversaw the editorial direction of ESPN’s industry‐leading portfolio of digital and print properties, which includes all text, audio, video and multimedia content for ESPN.com, ESPN Mobile, espnW, fantasy sports, Grantland.com, ESPN The Magazine and ESPNHS. An upbringing of 22 years in the newspaper business with stints at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Louisville Courier‐Journal, Courier‐Post in Cherry Hill, N.J., and Commercial‐News in Danville, Ill., prepared King for his editorial duties at ESPN.

Meg Kissinger is an investigative reporter for health and welfare for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She was a finalist for the for investigative reporting for stories about the failure of the federal government to regulate household chemicals. She has won two George Polk Awards for investigative reporting, including this year for stories on Milwaukee County's broken mental health system.

Jean Kumagai is a senior editor at IEEE Spectrum, the flagship magazine and website of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Jean’s radio work has been featured on the National Public Radio programs “Living on Earth” and “” and on the Public Radio Exchange. She holds a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, and society from Stanford University and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Heather Lamb is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She teaches classes in magazine editing and serves as editorial director of the school's weekly Vox Magazine. Previously, she was executive editor of the Enthusiast Brands magazine group of Reader's Digest, where she managed five titles, Birds & Blooms, Country, Country Woman, Farm & Ranch Living and Reminisce, from 2009‐2013. Prior to that, she was editor of Birds & Blooms and managing editor at a group of 23 suburban Milwaukee weekly newspapers. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Grace Lee is the co‐founder of Priest + Grace, a design company in New York. She was the art director of Condé Nast Portfolio and design director of O, The Oprah Magazine. Grace is the founder and creative director of Eight by Eight, a new magazine about global soccer. With her partner, Robert Priest, she recently relaunched as a print magazine and continues to design covers and features for the publication.

Matthew Lenning, Design Consultant, has art directed some of the largest consumer magazines in the country. He most recently served as Creative Director of Bon Appétit in Los Angeles. Lenning has been designing and consulting on various book, magazine, branding and interactive projects. Presently he is Creative Director at Noise, a digital agency in New York.

Tim Leong is an award‐winning art director and designer. He’s currently the Design Director at Entertainment Weekly, overseeing the magazine’s art department. Previously, he was the Design Director at Fortune magazine and the Director of Digital Design at WIRED magazine, overseeing the brand’s tablet and mobile initiatives while also designing for the print edition. Before WIRED he was the Design Director at Complex magazine where he oversaw all visuals of the brand and helped relaunch Complex.com.

Lauren Le Vine is the Web Editor and social media manager for (and encourages you to visit redbookmag.com if you love affordable fashion and smoothies). She's been working in both print and digital for publications such as the New York Observer, The Nest, The Knot, and Refinery29 since 2007. She thanks the City & Regional Magazine Association Contest for the chance to judge all of the amazing entries, which made her want to move to Colorado, Maine, L.A., and Chicago.

Jack Limpert was editor of The Washingtonian magazine from 1969 to 2009—he now is a writer‐at‐large. As a writer, he won an American Political Science Association award for distinguished reporting in public affairs. As an editor, he has received the Distinguished Service in Local Journalism Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, and during his tenure The Washingtonian won five National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the City and Regional Magazine Association, and he has been inducted into the Washington Journalists Hall of Fame.

Susannah Locke is is a science reporter at Vox.com, which launched this April. Previously, she was a senior associate editor at Popular Science, where she ran a news section in the magazine.

Lynn Medford has been ’s magazine editor for four years. She has worked at the Post for 15 years, as Style assigning editor, deputy Metro editor, Sunday Arts and Style editor, and Style editor. The rest of her career was spent in various positions at the Miami Herald, Baltimore Sun, and Raleigh News & Observer.

Caroline Miller is a veteran magazine, newspaper and website editor who was editor in chief of New York magazine for more than 7 years, and co‐founder and editor in chief of Newser, a curated news web site that draws 2 million unique visitors a month. She is currently editorial director of the Child Mind Institute and teaches magazine writing at the Arthur J. Carter Journalism Institute, a graduate program at New York University. Miller's magazine experience also includes stints as editor in chief of Seventeen and Lear's.

Kevin J. Miyazaki is a freelance editorial photographer, with clients including Travel + Leisure, , Cooking Light, AARP and Garden & Gun. He previously worked as the staff photographer at Milwaukee Magazine and the Photography Director at Cincinnati Magazine.

Sara Morrow is the former features editor at Country Living, where she oversaw the magazine’s home design and décor content. Previously, she covered antiques, pets, and travel at Country Living; she’s also worked at Jetsetter.com and Budget Travel.

Bob Moser is the executive editor of The American Prospect. His journalism career began at The Independent Weekly in North Carolina, which won more than 30 national awards for reporting and writing under his editorship from 1995 to 2000. A 2000‐2001 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University, Bob joined the Southern Poverty Law Center as a senior writer in 2001. Four years later, he became a political correspondent for The Nation. Bob edited The Texas Observer from 2008 to 2011. He is the author of Blue Dixie: Awakening the South's Democratic Majority (Holt).

Vera Naughton is a Senior Art and Creative Director, with broad experience working for notable companies including Time Inc., McGraw Hill, Worth Media, ., and Sotheby’s. Most recently, Vera was Design Director for Time Inc. Custom Content, where she directed the design and production of all advertising sections and special projects for Fortune, TIME, Money, Sports Illustrated and CNN Money.com. Prior to that, she was an Art Director at Business Week, Worth Magazine, Sotheby's, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times.

Alison Overholt is the Editor‐in‐Chief of espnW and an adjunct professor at NYU's Preston Robert Tisch Center of Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management.

Greg Paul, Creative Director and Founding Partner, SPOT On media, NYC, is a veteran publications designer who was founding art director for Ohio Magazine, design director for New Age magazine, art director for The Plain Dealer Magazine and art director for Sunshine, the Sunday magazine of the South Florida Sun‐Sentinel. Since 1984, he has worked with more than 300 publications on redesign and repositioning projects. Paul has received more than 300 national and international awards for excellence in publication design and editorial art direction.

Robert Perino is creative director of Southern Living magazine. Perino was previously art director for Budget Travel and has held positions at Fortune, Field & Stream, New York Magazine, Men's Journal, Reader's Digest and Men's Health. He also served as a design consultant for several magazine launches and redesigns.

Merrill Perlman conducts writing and editing training for news outlets, journalism organizations and private companies. She's also a freelance editor for clients including ProPublica and Amazon Kindle Singles. She spent 25 years at The New York Times in jobs ranging from copy editor to director of copy desks, in charge of all 150‐plus copy editors at . She is an adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and writes the Language Corner column for the Columbia Journalism Review.

Don Ranly, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, headed the magazine sequence at the Missouri School of Journalism for 28 years. Ranly has worked as a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, a weekly columnist, a radio host and as a television producer, director and host. He has conducted more than 1,000 communication seminars for corporations, associations, organizations, newspapers and magazines. He has also co‐authored three books and is author of “Publication Editing.”

Evan Ratliff is the co‐founder and editor‐in‐chief of Atavist, a media and software company that produces Creatavist, a digital storytelling tool, and The Atavist, a publication of original digital nonfiction. The Atavist has been named a finalist for the National Magazine Awards five times in its three‐year history. Evan is a two‐time National Magazine Award finalist as a writer and the author of two bestselling titles for The Atavist; his writing also appears in The New Yorker, National Geographic, and Wired, where he is a contributing editor. On the side, he is the story editor of Pop‐Up Magazine, one of the most successful live literary events in America, and the co‐ host of the Longform Podcast.

David Reed, an adjunct faculty member at the University of Missouri, is the Executive Editor the journalism school's weekly city magazine and a consulting editor for its new online business publication. He previously worked for a business magazine and two international news organizations during a span of nearly 30 years.

Janet Reitman, Contributing Editor at Rolling Stone, is the author of “Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion.” At Rolling Stone, she has covered the war in Iraq, post‐earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti, and US national security and secrecy policy, among other topics. She has also written for Men's Journal, GQ, ESPN‐The Magazine, Salon, and other outlets.

Steve Rice was a staff photographer at the Los Angeles Times, the assistant managing editor/visuals at the The Miami Herald and a videographer and manager at Tribune in Minneapolis. He joined the University of Missouri in 2010 where he designed the "Fundamentals of Multimedia" class that is required for all journalism students.

JD Rinne specializes in digital content strategy for a wide range of lifestyle brands. She is a senior digital manager at Weber Shandwick, and was previously the managing editor of Self.com, the website of Self magazine, where she worked on the award‐winning 2013 relaunch of the site. Previously, JD was the managing editor at travel site Jetsetter, and her work has appeared in Budget Travel, Cookie magazine and regional pubs like the Kansas City Star and Milwaukee Magazine.

Gideon Rose is the editor of Foreign Affairs and the author of “How Wars End” (Simon & Schuster, 2010).

Helen Rosner is the editor of Saveur.com, New York.

Jennifer Rowe, Associate Professor, the Missouri School of Journalism, and chair of the magazine faculty, regularly serves as editorial director of Vox, an award‐winning weekly city magazine for Columbia. She worked as communications coordinator and editor for an association in St. Louis and has written articles for Runner’s World, Elle, Real Simple, Westways and St. Louis magazines, among others. A speaker at conferences and workshops across the country, she has presented at the FOLIO: show in New York City and Chicago and trained newspaper journalists in Chengdu, China. In 2004 she received the Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award and in 2009 MU’s William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.

Tracy Saelinger is the deputy editor of , which she helped launch in 2008. Previously, she worked on the staffs of Every Day with Rachael Ray, Time Out New York Kids and Popular Mechanics.

Mike Sager is a best‐selling author and award‐winning reporter. A former Washington Post staff writer under Watergate investigator Bob Woodward, he worked closely, during his years as a contributing editor to Rolling Stone, with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Sager is the author of four collections of non‐fiction, two novels, and one biography. He has served for more than fifteen years as a writer at large for Esquire. In 2010 he won the American Society of Magazine Editors’ National Magazine Award for profile writing for his article “The Man Who Never Was”. Many of his stories have been optioned for film.

Ina Saltz is an art director, designer, writer, photographer and educator whose areas of expertise are typography and magazine design. She has written more than 50 design‐related articles for STEP Inside Design magazine, How and Graphis. Saltz formerly served as design director at TIME (International Editions), Worth, Golf, Golf for Women and Worldbusiness magazines. For more than 15 years, Saltz was on the design faculty of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course. Ina has written four books on typography and design related topics, most recently, "Typography Referenced" (co‐author) and "Typography Essentials." Her recently released online course, Foundations of Typography, can be seen at lynda.com.

Eli Sanders is an associate editor at The Stranger and the winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

John Schneller, Associate Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, has worked as a journalist in Columbia, Mo., since shortly after arriving at the University of Missouri in 1973. He was a correspondent for the Kansas City Star and Times and a reporter, city editor and special projects editor at the Columbia Daily Tribune before joining the School of Journalism faculty in 2000. He was named a 2005 William T. Kemper Fellow for Excellence in Teaching in 2005 and continues to serve as a city editor in Columbia for the Missourian.

Byron T. Scott, Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri, joined the faculty of the Missouri School of Journalism in 1986 as the first holder of the Meredith Chair in service journalism. He previously headed the magazine sequence at the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and edited two national magazines. Scott continues to write and consult.

Amy Simons, Assistant Professor, Missouri School of Journalism, teaches multi‐platform reporting and editing. She has traveled across China and the European Union, teaching Web‐first workflows, mobile journalism techniques and how to use social media as a reporting tool. Previously Simons worked as digital news editor for the Chicago Tribune’s website. While at the Tribune, Simons worked closely with the newsrooms of WGN‐TV, CLTV News and WGN‐AM to coordinate the coverage of daily and planned news events. Before joining the Chicago Tribune, she spent seven years at CLTV News, Tribune’s 24‐hour news channel covering Chicago and the suburbs.

Ted Spiker, Associate Professor, the University of Florida, heads the department of journalism's magazine program. He's a former articles editor at Men's Health and has had his work published in such places as O The Oprah Magazine, Outside, Fortune, Esquire.com, Runner's World and many others.

Karla Starr has written for O, Slate, and Popular Science. She is currently at work on a book about how we make decisions about people for Portfolio/Penguin, and lives in New York City.

Richard B. Stolley is Senior Editorial Adviser at Time Inc. In his journalistic career, which began at 15 as Sports Editor of the Pekin, IL, Daily Times, he was chief of four weekly Life magazine bureaus in the U.S. and Europe, assistant managing editor of the weekly Life, editor of the monthly Life, founding editor of People, editorial director of Time Inc., and editor of the best‐selling Our Century in Pictures and four other photographic history books. He lives in Santa Fe, NM.

Matt Strelecki is the Creative Director for Meredith Agrimedia, which includes Successful Farming, Living the Country Life, and Ageless Iron magazines. Since assuming his position in 2009, Matt has been nominated for 46 design awards from Folio, MIN and the American Agriculture Editors association. He won the Best Magazine Redesign for the B2B category at the 2010 Min Awards in NYC and was named Designer of the Year by the American Agriculture Editors Association in 2013.

Ingrid Sturgis is an assistant professor/new media at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Previously, she was a senior programming manager at AOL’s BlackVoices.com and editor‐‐‐in‐‐‐chief of ESSENCE.com. Sturgis has worked as an editor for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Bridgewater , The and the Middletown Times‐‐‐Herald Record. She also spent time as a managing editor for both BET Weekend and Savoy magazines.

Scott Swafford, Associate Professor, University of Missouri and senior city editor at the Columbia Missourian, worked as a reporter and editor at Missouri newspapers for 19 years, including 13 years at the Columbia Daily Tribune, before becoming a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism in 2003. Swafford earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) and a master's degree in journalism at the University of Missouri‐Columbia.

John Taranto is senior editor at Outdoor Life magazine, where he has worked since graduating from New York University in 2000.

Sarah Irick is art director with the Scholastic Classroom Magazine group.

Emily Tyra is a senior editor at Taste of Home magazine, which shares home cooks' recipes and stories with millions of readers. Previously she spent nine years on staff at the award‐winning Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine.

Julie Vadnal is a writer and editor living in New York City. She's currently a senior editor at and has previously written for ELLE, Glamour, and Esquire. She graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism in 2007.

Andy Van De Voorde is the Executive Associate Editor for Voice Media Group, the nation’s largest publisher of alternative weekly newspapers and websites. Best known for the Village Voice in New York City, VMG also publishes the LA Weekly in Los Angeles, Miami New Times, Denver Westword, Phoenix New Times, the Dallas Observer, the Houston Press, City Pages in Minneapolis, OC Weekly in Orange County, California, the Riverfront Times in St. Louis, and New Times Broward‐Palm Beach in Ft. Lauderdale.

Maggie Walter, Associate Professor and night news editor at the Columbia Missourian, serves as the faculty adviser for the MU Chapter of the American Copy Editors Society. She is a faculty member for the annual Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Missouri Editing Excellence Workshop and a Wakonse Fellow. Walter is a former features editor for the Portland (Maine) Press Herald and former president of the New Hampshire Press Association and of the New England Associated Press News Executives Association.

Rob Weir, Director of Digital Development, the Columbia Missourian, started his journalism career at 15, working in the job printing department of in Independence, Mo. A third‐generation Missouri journalist, has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and political science as well as a master’s degree in U.S. history. He became the first managing editor of the Columbia Missourian’s eMprint editions in 2005 and is now the director of digital development for the Columbia Missourian.

Ric Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Missouri, is an associate professor of art and graphic design at the University of Missouri. His main teaching focus is on print and interactive media. Wilson’s main research focus is related to design for nonprofit and foundation clients both nationally and internationally.