2014 NABJ Region 1 Conference Saturday, October 4, 2014 Tropicana Casino & Resort Atlantic City 2831 Boardwalk Atlantic City, NJ 08401 NABJ Region 1 Conference Speaker Bios More Than a Talking Head: How to be Viewed As an Expert Keith Reed Keith Reed is a veteran multiplatform journalist with experience as both a reporter and editor. As a senior editor at ESPN: The Magazine he was responsible for sport-specific (boxing, MMA and combat sports) content as well as sports business coverage across multiple sports. From 2008 through 2010, he was editor of Catalyst Ohio , an investigative education magazine. He guided Catalyst to awards including the Society of Professional Journalists and the Association for Women in Communications’ Clarion Award. Earlier in his career he worked as a business reporter for The Cincinnati Enquirer , The Boston Globe , and The Baltimore Business Journal . He has provided on-air commentary for CNN, National Public Radio, PBS’ NewsHour and The Nightly Business Report. He is a graduate of Coppin State University. Kelley L. Carter Kelley L. Carter is a senior entertainment editor for BuzzFeed. She previously served as the Entertainment Editor at EBONY Magazine. Earlier in her career she was a Celebrity Reporter for USA Today , an Entertainment Reporter for The Chicago Tribune , a Music Critic and Columnist for The Detroit Free Press . As a freelance journalist Carter contributed to ESPN, MTV News, as well as Essence , JET , Uptown , Heart & Soul , Complex , and Vibe Magazines. She has appeared as a commentator on E!, HLN, CNN, Fox News, TV One, and The TV Guide Channel. While at The Free Press Carter won a national Emmy for an online documentary “40 Years of Respect,” which chronicled Aretha Franklin’s career from the time she topped the charts with her song, “Respect.” A longtime member of NABJ Carter serves as Chair of the Association’s Arts and Entertainment Task Force. 1 Charles Coleman Charles Coleman Jr. serves as a trial attorney for the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Outside of practicing law, Coleman is a legal analyst who has appeared on television and radio programs from WNYW/Fox 5 in New York, and New York’s Hot 97 Radio. He also writes a regular column for EBONY Magazine’s website discussing legal issues. Before joining the EEOC, Charles was an Assistant District Attorney in the King’s County District Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, NY. When he began his career at the DA’s office, at the age of 24, he was one of the youngest assistant district attorneys in the entire history of New York City. As an Assistant DA, Charles worked in the specialized Gangs Unit where he prosecuted some of the city’s most dangerously violent offenders Coleman earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from Howard University where he had the distinction of serving as student trustee on the Board of Trustees, both as an undergraduate student as well as during his final year of law school. He was only the second student ever to have held both the undergraduate and graduate student trustee posts in the history of the university. He is a proud and active member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Producing Investigative Stories While Covering Your Beat Ron Nixon Ron Nixon has produced investigations ranging from the U.S. role in the Arab Spring to companies violating the Iran Sanctions Act to the deaths of hundreds of elderly people due to hospital bed rails. His reporting has led to state and federal investigations. Nixon has reported from Rwanda, Senegal, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is author of the e-book Operation Blackwash: South Africa's 46-year propaganda war on Black America. He teaches investigative reporting at Wits University in South Africa. The video revolution will not be televised: Broadcast and video careers in the digital first world . Kiratiana Freelon Kiratiana is a JABE – Journalist, Author, Blogger and Entrepreneur. After graduating cum laude from Harvard University and winning the John Finley travel fellowship, she embarked upon a year-long round the world trip that changed her life. She is now studying international reporting and video journalism at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She serves as the co-chair of the NABJ Digital Journalism Task Force and is a member of NAHJ, ONA and JAWS. She worked at Washington Post for the summer. Alex Ragir Alexander Ragir is a co-founder of Storyhunter, the world's premier video journalism platform. A former foreign correspondent for Bloomberg News in Rio de Janeiro, he frequently contributed to Bloomberg Markets and Businessweek magazines. Alex is the recipient of the Overseas Press Club's award in 2010 for best reporting in Latin America for his coverage of financial crimes and law-breaking by big banks. He's worked for the Associated Press in Sao Paulo and produced short documentaries for Current TV. 2 Channon Hodge Channon Hodge spent over 8 years in marketing and audience development for cable networks like Lifetime and Oxygen before turning to journalism. She graduated from CUNY’S Graduate School for Journalism and is now a video journalist at The New York Times. There she produces, shoots and edits stories covering a wide range of topics from breaking down economics news to stories that highlight new talent in comedy. She’s creating new series and attempting to find the intersection of her two separate careers – the engaging nature of entertainment and the informative pursuit of journalism. Wilbert L. Cooper Wilbert L. Cooper is a senior editor at VICE Media. He creates content about absurd and disconcerting things like police brutality, anti-circumcision activism, and illegal butt injections. In addition to writing and editing for VICE’s magazine and website, he hosts and produces several video series for VICE that take him from the front row of shows at New York Fashion Week to the back alleys of Skid Row with dope-sick junkies. Wilbert has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Ohio University and a master's in digital publishing from New York University. Digital First: Leveraging All Platforms to Do Cutting Edge Journalism and to Build Your Career Sarah Glover Sarah Glover is the NBC10 Philadelphia social media editor. She manages NBC10's social media portals, writes stories and shoots photographs for NBC10.com . Prior to joining the station's digital team, Sarah worked as a staff photographer at the Philadelphia Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer. Over the course of her career, Sarah has created engaging visual narratives. She led the Philadelphia Daily News video team for the "Tainted Justice" series, which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism. Sarah covered the historic 2008 presidential election as part of then Sen. Barack Obama’s traveling press, filing daily video and photo reports. Recently, she covered the high-profile Christina Regusters child rape and kidnap trial in Philadelphia. Sarah has a degree in photojournalism from Syracuse University and a master’s degree in communications studies from Edinboro University. She is a former executive board member of the National Association of Black Journalists and is an NABJ baby. Ju-Don Roberts Ju-Don Marshall Roberts is director of the Center for Cooperative Media, where she works with local media companies and media entrepreneurs on various issues dealing with media and sustainability. She previously served as a general manager and senior vice president at Everyday Health and as an executive editor and senior vice president at News Corporation. Roberts worked in leadership positions at The Washington Post for 17 years, including serving as the top editor overseeing its digital operation. In 2007, Roberts ran the online coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre, which was cited in the judges’ decision to award the Post the 2008 Pulitzer for breaking news. In 2003, Roberts was awarded a distinguished Nieman Fellowship, allowing her to spend a year studying at Harvard University. Roberts holds leadership or advisory roles in several organizations, including the Poynter Foundation, the Online News Association and J-Lab. 3 Shani Hilton Shani Hilton is BuzzFeed's Deputy Editor-In-Chief. Hilton joined the company in January 2013 and focuses on maintaining the social news and entertainment company's editorial standards. Within the BuzzFeed newsroom, Hilton oversees developing news coverage, features and special projects and is responsible for the development and editing of the Tech, LGBT, and Ideas verticals. Previously, Hilton was an editor and writer for NBCWashington.com, Washington City Paper and Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C. In 2014, Hilton was named to The Root 100. The Root credits her with “literally transforming the way journalism is read and shared.” She has appeared on CNN and NPR. Hilton has a degree in Journalism from Howard University and currently resides in New York City. Aaron Edwards Aaron Edwards is an Associate Editor for Breaking News with NBC News Digital, where he edits, curates and covers national and international breaking news for a mobile audience using social media and news curation tools. Before NBC, he worked at Digital First Media's Project Thunderdome as a National News Producer and at The New York Times as a James Reston Reporting Fellow. He graduated from Ithaca College in 2012 with a B.A. in journalism and during school worked as a multi-platform reporting intern at The Associated Press London bureau, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the CBS News National Desk and The New York Times Student Journalism Institute. He is a 2011 Chips Quinn Journalism Scholar and NABJ Scholarship recipient. As an editor, reporter and producer, he has covered a range of stories and beats on the ground and online — including crime, culture and politics in New York City, Hurricane Sandy, the Newtown school shootings, austerity in London, the British Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton and the 2010 BP oil spill along the Gulf Coast.